The age and the flushing time of the Great Barrier Reef waters

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-19

  Andutta, Fernando P ^a,b   Ridd, Peter V ^a   Wolanski, E ^a,c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Coral Sea inflow; Flushing time; Mixing; North Caledonian Jet; Residual circulation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLUSHING; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT; PARAMETERIZATION; TIMESCALE; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84871906453     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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