Variations of turbulent flow with river discharge in the Altamaha River Estuary, Georgia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Di Iorio, Daniela ^a   Kang, Ki Ryong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ESTUARIES; KINETIC ENERGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVERS; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER WAVE EFFECTS;

BUOYANCY; DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RIVER DISCHARGE; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENT FLOW; WATER COLUMN; WAVE ENERGY;

ALTAMAHA RIVER; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41049098100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003763     Document Type: Article

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