Transport over a narrow shelf: Exuma Cays, Bahamas

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 435-440

  Smith, Ned P ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Across shelf heat flux; Bahamas; Exuma Cays; Shelf circulation; Tides

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COOLING; ESTUARIES; FLOODS; HEAT FLUX; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TIDES; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; WIND;

ACROSS-SHELF HEAT FLUX; BAHAMAS; EXUMA CAYS; SHELF CIRCULATION;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 4944255293     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0067-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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