Eddy generation in the tidal potomac river

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1067-1080

  Mied, Richard P ^a   Donato, Timothy F ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTER; EDDY; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTABILITY; LANDSAT; RIVER; SHEAR FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN; WAVELENGTH;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; POTOMAC RIVER; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 36849054440     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02781810     Document Type: Article

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