The Rhone river dilution zone present in the northeastern shelf of the Gulf of Lion in December 2003

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1794-1805

  Gatti, Julie ^a   Petrenko, Anne ^a   Devenon, Jean Luc ^a   Leredde, Yann ^b   Ulses, Caroline ^c  

^a STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

AVHRR images; Cruise stations; Current data (ADCP); Gulf of Lion; River plumes; Shelf dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CURRENT DIRECTION; DILUTION; RIVER; SHELF DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GULF OF LION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RHONE RIVER;

EID: 33747375692     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.05.012     Document Type: Article

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