On the use of the NCEP/NCAR surface winds for modeling barotropic circulation in the Río de la Plata Estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 195-206

  Simionato, C G ^a,b   Meccia, V L ^a   Dragani, W C ^b,c,d   Nunez M N ^a,b  

^a Centro de Investigacion del Mar y la Atmosfera   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

60 W 54 W 34 S 37 S; estuarine circulation; hindcasting; modeling; NCEP NCAR reanalysis; R o de la Plata; wind driven currents

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BAROTROPIC MOTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33748945837     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2006.05.047     Document Type: Article

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