Seasonal variations of the Yellow River plume in the Bohai Sea: A model study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Guo, Xinyu ^a   Takeoka, Hidetaka ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; WIND STRESS;

HEAT FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CURRENT; WIND STRESS;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAIZHOU BAY; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 56049083797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004555     Document Type: Article

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