Rio de la Plata estuarine system: Relationship between river flow and frontal variability

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1876-1881

  Nagy, G J ^a   Severov, D N ^a   Pshennikov, V A ^a   De los Santos, M ^a   Lagomarsino, J J ^a   Sans, K ^a   Morozov, E G ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate change; ENSO; Rio de la Plata estuary; River flow; SeaWIFS frontal variability

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RIVERS;

RIO DE LA PLATA ESTUARY; RIVER FLOW; SEAWIFS FRONTAL VARIABILITY;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 43049131384     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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