Cold-front-induced flushing of the Louisiana Bays

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 252-264

  Feng, Zhixuan ^a   Li, Chunyan ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alongshore and cross shore winds; Bay flushing; Cold fronts; Louisiana coast; Subtidal barotropic oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; BAROTROPIC; COLD FRONT; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; CROSS-SHORE WINDS; EXCHANGE RATES; FLUSHING PROCESS; FLUSHING RATES; FRONTAL ORIENTATION; LOUISIANA; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SHELF WATERS; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VOLUME FLUX; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER LEVEL CHANGES; WATER LEVEL VARIATIONS; WATERBODIES; WEATHER MAPS; WIND DIRECTIONS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER LEVELS; WIND;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BAROTROPIC WAVE; BAY; COAST; COLD FRONT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FLUSHING; OSCILLATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER LEVEL; WIND DIRECTION;

ATCHAFALAYA BAY; BARATARIA BAY; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955278526     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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