Subtidal water flux through a multiple-inlet system: Observations before and during a cold front event and numerical experiments

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1877-1892

  Li, Chunyan ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cold front; multi inlet; numerical experiments; observations; tide; wind driven

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; STORMS; TIDES;

COLD FRONT; MULTI-INLET; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OBSERVATIONS; WIND-DRIVEN;

INLET FLOW;

COASTAL ZONE; COLD FRONT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

GEORGIA; NEW ENGLAND; SAPELO ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84878075241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20149     Document Type: Article

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