Water level variations in the Neuse and Pamlico Estuaries, North Carolina due to local and remote forcing

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 431-446

  Reed, Robert E ^a   Dickey, David A ^a   Burkholder, JoAnn M ^a   Kinder, Carol A ^a   Brownie, Cavell ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autoregressive; empirical orthogonal function; lagoonal estuary; Neuse Estuary; North Carolina; Pamlico Estuary; Pamlico Sound; water surface elevation

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER LEVEL;

NEUSE ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749080520     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.049     Document Type: Article

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