The Stommel model of shallow coastal lagoons

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 455, Issue 1991, 1999, Pages 3997-4011

  Hearn, C J ^a,b   Sldhu, H S ^a  

^a School of Geography and Oceanography   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bistability; Estuaries; Lagoons; Ocean exchange; Stommel equations; Tomales bay

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746411913     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.1999.0487     Document Type: Article

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