Dispersive fluxes between the coastal ocean and a semienclosed estuarine basin

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1645-1660

  Fram, Jonathan P ^a,b   Martin, Maureen A ^a   Stacey, Mark T ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OCEAN; GRAVITATIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; TIDAL PUMPING FLUX;

BATHYMETRY; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITATION; METEOROLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL WATER; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SEMIENCLOSED SEA;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447576438     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3078.1     Document Type: Article

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