SAFARI cruise: Mapping river discharge effects on Southern Brazilian shelf

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Zavialov, P O ^a   Kostianoy, A G ^a   Moller Jr O O ^b  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Rio Grande   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

RIVER DISCHARGE EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; FRESHWATER INPUT; MAPPING METHOD; PLUME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1642358512     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018265     Document Type: Article

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