Estimating an estuarine mixing and exchange ratio from boundary data with application to Mt. Hope Bay (Massachusetts/Rhode Island)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 326-332

  MacDonald, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

estuarine exchange; Massachusetts; Mt. Hope Bay; residence time; Rhode Island; tidal exchange; tidal flushing; USA

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITION; DATA SET; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY; SAMPLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE;

MASSACHUSETTS; MOUNT HOPE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; RHODE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748921560     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.06.025     Document Type: Article

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