Synoptic hydrography of a highly stratified estuary

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 308-319

  Schettini, Carlos Augusto França ^a   Ricklefs, Klaus ^b   Truccolo, Eliane Cristina ^a   Golbig, Volker ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO ITAJAÍ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advective transport; Estuarine hydrodynamics; Itaja A u estuary; Synoptic observations; Tidal regime

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE HYDRODYNAMICS; ITAJAÍ-AÇU ESTUARY; SYNOPTIC OBSERVATIONS; TIDAL REGIME;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDES;

ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL RANGE;

BRAZIL; ITAJAI-ACU ESTUARY; SANTA CATARINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745476434     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0066-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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