Effects of winds on stratification and circulation in a partially mixed estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Li, Yun ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; WIND;

AXIAL WIND; BOTTOM CURRENT; BOTTOM LAYERS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; DENSITY FIELDS; NET EFFECT; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PARTIALLY MIXED ESTUARIES; REGIME DIAGRAM; ROTATIONAL EFFECTS; SURFACE LAYERS; WIND PERTURBATIONS;

SHEAR FLOW;

CHANNEL FLOW; COASTAL CURRENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PERTURBATION; STRATIFICATION; WIND VELOCITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83655190998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006893     Document Type: Article

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