Distributions of suspended sediment concentration in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea based on field surveys during the four seasons of 2011

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 121-122, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-35

  Bian, Changwei ^a   Jiang, Wensheng ^a   Quan, Qi ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b   Li, Wei ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Current; Front; Pycnocline; River; Sediment; Tide; Turbidity; Wind

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; FRONT; PYCNOCLINE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; VELOCITY FIELD DATA; WIND-INDUCED VERTICAL MIXING;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MIXING; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TIDES; TURBIDITY; WIND;

SURVEYS;

COASTAL CURRENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DEEP WATER; FIELD SURVEY; FRONT; PLUME; PYCNOCLINE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SURFACE LAYER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCLINE; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY; VERTICAL MIXING; WINTER;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN WARM CURRENT; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84877624330     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.03.013     Document Type: Article

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