Estuarine adjustment

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2133-2145

  MacCready, Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RIVERS; SALT WATER INTRUSION;

ESTUARINE SALINITY AND CIRCULATION; GRAVITATIONAL CIRCULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DIFFERENTIATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848886531     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3082.1     Document Type: Article

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