On Factors Controlling Air-Water Gas Exchange in a Large Tidal River

Estuaries and Coasts

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1103-1116

  Ho, David T ^a   Schlosser, Peter ^b,c,d   Orton, Philip M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

^e Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

3He SF6; Air water gas exchange; Hudson River

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; AIR-WATER INTERACTION; DATA SET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GAS EXCHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRACER; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY;

HUDSON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053992125     PISSN: 15592723     EISSN: 15592731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12237-011-9396-4     Document Type: Article

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