Patos Lagoon outflow within the Río de la Plata plume using an airborne salinity mapper: Observing an embedded plume

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1625-1638

  Burrage, Derek ^a   Wesson, Joel ^a   Martinez, Carlos ^b   Pérez, Tabare ^c   Möller Jr , Osmar ^d   Piola, Alberto ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^c ANCAP División Investigación y Desarrollo   (Uruguay)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

^e Servicio de Hidrografia Naval   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brazil; Microwave remote sensing; Ocean circulation; Oceanic fronts; R o de la Plata and Patos Lagoon; River plumes; Salinity; Sea water; South America; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; MAPPING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER PLUME; RIVER SYSTEM; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; PATOS LAGOON; RIO DE LA PLATA; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 40149096691     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.02.014     Document Type: Article

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