Evidence for the inherent unsteadiness of a river plume: Satellite observations of the Niagara River discharge

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2731-2737

  Horner Devine, Alexander R ^a   Fong, Derek A ^b   Monismith, Stephen G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORELINE;

CANADA; NIAGARA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 55749086666     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2008.53.6.2731     Document Type: Article

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