Modeled transport of freshwater from a line-source in the coastal Gulf of Alaska

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2409-2426

  Dobbins, Elizabeth L ^a   Hermann, Albert J ^a   Stabeno, Phyllis ^b   Bond, Nicholas A ^a   Steed, Richard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Coastal Current; Coastal currents; Coastal oceanography; Mathematical models; Ocean circulation; Physical oceanography

Indexed keywords

ALASKA COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL ZONE; FJORD; FRESHWATER; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ALASKA; ALASKA COASTAL CURRENT; GULF OF ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEWARD PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71749093285     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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