Estuarine Exchange Flow Quantified with Isohaline Coordinates: Contrasting Long and Short Estuaries

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 748-763

  Chen, Shih Nan ^a   Geyer, W Rockwell ^b   Ralston, David K ^b   Lerczak, James A ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; COORDINATE ANALYSIS; EULERIAN; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; EXCHANGE FLOW; EXCHANGE PROCESS; HUDSON RIVER; KNUDSEN; LENGTH SCALE; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MERRIMACK RIVER; SALINITY INTRUSION; SALT FLUX; SALT TRANSPORT; TIDAL EXCHANGE; TIDAL PUMPING; TIDAL VOLUME;

PRESSURE GRADIENT; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ESTUARIES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SALINITY; WATER FLOW;

HUDSON RIVER; MERRIMACK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864504560     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-086.1     Document Type: Article

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