Dynamic characteristics and horizontal transports of internal solitons generated at the Columbia River plume front

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 252-262

  Pan, Jiayi ^a   Jay, David A ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia River plume; Horizontal transports; Internal solitons

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ENERGY FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER PLUME; SOLITARY WAVE;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 57749120754     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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