River plume fronts off NW Iberia from satellite observations and model data

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1853-1864

  Otero, P ^a   Ruiz Villarreal, M ^a   Peliz, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Coastal processes; Front detection; Numerical modelling; River plumes; Thermal fronts; West and northwest Iberia

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; AVHRR; BATHYMETRY; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER PLUME; SATELLITE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 70149123963     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsp156     Document Type: Conference Paper

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