Rio de la Plata estuary response to wind variability in synoptic to intraseasonal scales: 2. Currents' vertical structure and its implications for the salt wedge structure

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

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

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^d Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; WIND;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL CURRENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; STRATIFICATION; WIND FORCING;

RIO DE LA PLATA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548642058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003815     Document Type: Article

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