Dispersal forcing of southern California river plumes, based on field and remote sensing observations

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-52

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Mertes, Leal A K ^a   Washburn, Libe ^a   Siegel, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542639519     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-003-0163-9     Document Type: Article

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