Observations of an inshore front associated with the Chesapeake Bay outflow plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 665-684

  Marmorino, G O ^a   Donato, T F ^a   Sletten, M A ^a   Trump, C L ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyant discharge; Chesapeake Bay; Estuary ocean interaction; Ocean front

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FRONT; RIVER PLUME;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342369621     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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