Circulation dynamics and salt balance in a lagoonal estuary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jia, Peng ^a   Li, Ming ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DYNAMICS; INLET FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR FLOW;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BAROTROPIC; BAROTROPIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; BOTTOM WATER; EBB CURRENTS; ESTUARINE WATERS; LEVEL DIFFERENCE; MEAN FLOW; MOMENTUM BUDGET; NARROW INLET; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEANIC WATERS; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALT BALANCES; SALT FLUX; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION; TIDAL PUMPING; TWO LAYERS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WIND EVENTS;

ESTUARIES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOTTOM WATER; COASTAL LAGOON; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SHALLOW WATER; SHEAR FLOW; STRATIFICATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALBEMARLE SOUND; ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862908153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007124     Document Type: Article

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