Evaluation of a coastal ocean circulation model for the Columbia river plume in summer 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Liu, Yonggang ^a,c   MacCready, Parker ^a   Hickey, Barbara M ^a   Dever, Edward P ^b   Kosro, P Michael ^b   Banas, Neil S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS;

COASTAL OCEAN; COASTAL-TRAPPED WAVE; COLUMBIA RIVER; COLUMBIA RIVER PLUME; DEEP LAYER; FAR-FIELD; HINDCASTS; MODEL DOMAINS; NAVY COASTAL OCEAN MODELS; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE LAYERS; PER UNIT VOLUME; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; REMOTE FORCING; RIVER PLUME; SCALE MODELING; SCALE MODELS; SHELF CIRCULATION; SKILL ASSESSMENT; SKILL SCORE; TIDAL CIRCULATION; WATER PROPERTIES;

ESTUARIES;

CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MODEL TEST; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; SUMMER;

COLUMBIA RIVER;

EID: 73649139818     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004929     Document Type: Article

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