Effects of intratidal and tidal range variability on circulation and salinity structure in the Cape Fear River Estuary, North Carolina

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Becker, May Ling ^a   Luettich, Richard A ^b   Seim, Harvey ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; GRAVITATION; RIVERS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER LEVELS;

ADVECTIVE TRANSPORT; BAROCLINIC CIRCULATION; CHANNEL VELOCITY; FIELD DATA; LOWER TIDAL RANGES; NORTH CAROLINA; PARTIALLY MIXED ESTUARIES; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALT FLUX; SALT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CONDITIONS; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FORCING; TIDAL RANGES; VERTICAL EDDY DIFFUSIVITY; WATER-LEVEL DATA;

TIDES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; CIRCULATION; PYCNOCLINE; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL RANGE; WATER LEVEL;

CAPE FEAR ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149179396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004972     Document Type: Article

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