Factors driving bottom salinity variability in the Chesapeake Bay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 1352-1362

  Lee, Younjoo J ^a   Lwiza, Kamazima M M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Estuarine exchange; Gulf Stream; Interannual variability; Salinity; Wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; GULF STREAM; NORTH AMERICA; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449091146     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.016     Document Type: Article

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