How estuaries work: A Charlotte Harbor example

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 635-657

  Weisberg, Robert H ^a   Zheng, Lianyuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FORCING;

CHARLOTTE HARBOR; FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442338601     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224003771815981     Document Type: Article

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