The influence of wind and river pulses on an estuarine turbidity maximum: Numerical studies and field observations in Chesapeake Bay

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-146

  North, E W ^a   Chao, S Y ^a   Sanford, L P ^a   Hood, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBIDITY; WIND;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142714128     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803567     Document Type: Article

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