Bulge formation of a buoyant river outflow

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chant, Robert J ^a   Glenn, Scott M ^a   Hunter, Elias ^a   Kohut, Josh ^a   Chen, Robert F ^b   Houghton, Robert W ^c   Bosch, Jen ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; WIND EFFECTS;

COASTAL CURRENT; DISCHARGE; DOWNWELLING; FLOW PATTERN; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OUTFLOW; SIMULATION;

EID: 42149146824     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004100     Document Type: Article

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