Mississippi river and sea surface height effects on oil slick migration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Falcini, Frederico ^a   Jerolmack, Douglas J ^b   Nardelli, Bruno Buongiorno ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OCEAN CURRENT; OIL SPILL; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; CHEMISTRY; GULF OF MEXICO; SEA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; WATER FLOW;

ALTITUDE; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84860473247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036037     Document Type: Article

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