Horizontal characteristics of buoyant plume off the Pearl River Estuary during summer

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 50, 2007, Pages 652-657

  Ou, Suying ^a,b   Zhang, Hong ^c   Wang, Dong Xiao ^d   He, Jie ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyant plume; Continental shelf; Pearl River Estuary; River discharge; Shape; South China Sea; Wind

Indexed keywords

AJUGA REPTANS;

EID: 70349604768     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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