Heat, salt and tracer transport in the Plymouth Sound coastal region: A 3-D modelling study

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 673-682

  Siddorn, J R ^a,b   Allen, J I ^a   Uncles, R J ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; POLLUTION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0042262618     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002531540300763Xh     Document Type: Article

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