Is there a signal of sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay salinity?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hilton, T W ^a   Najjar, R G ^a   Zhong, L ^b   Li, M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WIND STRESS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; POTOMAC RIVER; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049090044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004247     Document Type: Article

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