The tagus estuarine plume induced by wind and river runoff: Winter 2007 case study

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISSUE 56, 2009, Pages 1090-1094

  Vaz, N ^a   Fernandes, L ^a   Leitao P C ^b   Dias, J M ^c   Neves, R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b HIDROMOD   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Extremadura coast; Salinity; Temperature; Upwelling; Vertical structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751537715     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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