The Columbia River plume as cross-shelf exporter and along-coast barrier

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 292-301

  Banas, N S ^a   MacCready, P ^a   Hickey, B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

California Current system; Coastal upwelling; Columbia River; Lagrangian methods; Numerical modeling; Pacific Northwest; River plumes

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; BIOMASS; BOUNDARY CONDITION; CHLOROPHYLL; CONTINENTAL SHELF; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; RIVER PLUME; TRACKING; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57749106882     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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