The structure of the coastal density front at the outflow of Long Island Sound during spring 2002

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1097-1114

  Kirincich, A R ^a,b   Hebert, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyant plumes; Density fronts; Long Island; Middle Atlantic Bight; USA

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC FRONT; OUTFLOW;

LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944400020     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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