Dispersal scaling from the world's rivers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Warrick, Jonathan A ^a   Fong, Derek A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELS; RIVERS; SATELLITES; THERMAL PLUMES;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL INPUTS; DISPERSAL SCALING; SPATIAL SCALES; WATERSHED SIZE;

GEOPHYSICS;

COASTAL WATER; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER INPUT; RIVER PLUME; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 2542461126     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019114     Document Type: Article

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