Temporal and spatial variability of radium in the coastal ocean and its impact on computation of nearshore cross-shelf mixing rates

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 1477-1500

  Colbert, Steven L ^a   Hammond, Douglas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

223Ra; 224Ra; 228Ra; CA; Coastal ocean; Eddy diffusivity; Huntington Beach; Radium; San Pedro Bay; USA

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; EDDY; MIXING; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RADIUM ISOTOPE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER EXCHANGE;

CALIFORNIA; HUNTINGTON BEACH; NORTH AMERICA; SAN PEDRO BAY; SUNSET BEACH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249334253     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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