Process-oriented study of the river plume and circulation in the pearl river estuary: Response to the wind and tidal forcing

Advances in Geosciences: Volume 12: Ocean Science (OS)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-230

  Zu, Tingting ^a   Gan, Jianping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84859517237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812836168_0015     Document Type: Chapter

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