Simulating the Delaware Bay buoyant outflow: Comparison with observations

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-21

  Whitney, Michael M ^a,b   Garvine, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SALINE WATER; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BUOYANT OUTFLOW; COASTAL BUOYANT OUTFLOWS; COASTAL CURRENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY MAPPINGS;

COASTAL ZONES;

COASTAL CURRENT; OUTFLOW; SALINITY;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644766151     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2805.1     Document Type: Article

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