Variation in Surface Turbulence and the Gas Transfer Velocity over a Tidal Cycle in a Macro-tidal Estuary

Estuaries

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1401-1415

  Zappa, Christopher J ^a,b   Raymond, Peter A ^a,c   Terray, Eugene A ^a   McGillis, Wade R ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GAS EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TIDAL WATER; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GAS EXCHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYER;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; PLUM ISLAND SOUND; UNITED STATES;

PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0842330866     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803649     Document Type: Article

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