Thermohaline structure of an inverse estuary - The Gulf of Kachchh: Measurements and model simulations

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 697-707

  Vethamony, P ^a   Babu, M T ^a   Ramanamurty, M V ^b   Saran, A K ^a   Joseph, Antony ^a   Sudheesh, K ^a   Padgaonkar, Rupali S ^a   Jayakumar, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

INVERSE ESTUARY; SALINE TONGUE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ESTUARIES;

SEA WATER;

BOTTOM CURRENT; ESTUARY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; EBB TIDE; ESTUARY; MIDDLE EAST; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SALINITY; SEA POLLUTION; SIMULATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF KUTCH; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 34249727200     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.01.022     Document Type: Article

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