Wind- and density-driven circulation in a well-mixed inverse estuary

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1103-1116

  de Velasco, Guillermo Gutiérrez ^a   Winant, Clinton D ^b  

^a Unidad La Paz   (Mexico)

^b INTEGRATIVE OCEANOGRAPHY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARIES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WIND EFFECTS;

RESIDUAL CIRCULATION; SUBTIDAL CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN IGNACIO LAGOON;

EID: 2942610470     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2004)034<1103:WADCIA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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