Storm-induced injection of the Mississippi River plume into the open Gulf of Mexico

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Yuan, Jinchun ^a,b   Miller, Richard L ^b   Powell, Rodney T ^c   Dagg, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA UNIVERSITIES MARINE CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY CURRENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; STORMS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CURRENT PATTERNS; FLUVIAL SUBSTANCES; NUTRIENTS; SATELLITE IMAGING;

GEOPHYSICS;

EDDY; PLUME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORM TRACK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 3543054679     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019335     Document Type: Article

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