Temporal and spatial variability of freshwater plumes in a semienclosed estuarine-bay system

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 192-203

  Ostrander, Chris E ^a   McManus, Margaret A ^a   DeCarlo, Eric H ^a   Mackenzie, Fred T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Kaneohe Bay; Plume; Richardson number; River discharge

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BAY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; RICHARDSON NUMBER; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL VARIATION; STORM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KANEOHE BAY; KANEOHE STREAM; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249122954     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-007-9001-z     Document Type: Article

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