The response of circulation and salinity in a micro-tidal estuary to sub-tidal oscillations in coastal sea surface elevation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1947-1965

  O'Callaghan, Joanne ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a   Hamilton, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barotropic; Continental shelf wave; Gravitational circulation; Partially mixed estuary; Sub tidal

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC WAVE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FIELD SURVEY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SWAN ESTUARY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447639567     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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