The suspended sediment concentration distribution in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Journal of Ocean University of China

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-354

  Bian, Changwei ^a,b   Jiang, Wensheng ^a   Greatbatch, Richard J ^b   Ding, Hui ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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

Author keywords

bottom stress; ROMS model; seasonal variation; turbidity observation; vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877627174     PISSN: 16725182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11802-013-1916-3     Document Type: Article

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