Estuarine versus transient flow regimes in Juan de Fuca Strait

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Thomson, Richard E ^a   Mihály, Steven F ^a   Kulikov, Evgueni A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ESTUARIES; FLOW OF WATER; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; TIDES;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; RESIDUAL FLOW; SALINITY; TRANSIENT FLOW; UPWELLING;

JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 36249027524     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003925     Document Type: Article

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