On the processes that influence the transport and fate of Mississippi waters under flooding outflow conditions

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 143-164

  Androulidakis, Yannis S ^a   Kourafalou, Vassiliki H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Buoyant plume; HYCOM; Mississippi River; Northern Gulf of Mexico; Numerical modeling; River flood

Indexed keywords

BUOYANT PLUME; HYCOM; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; RIVER FLOODS;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; FLOODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; WIND EFFECTS;

RIVERS;

ADVECTION; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL CIRCULATION; EDDY; FLOODING; FRESHWATER INPUT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RIVER PLUME;

ALABAMA SHELF; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLORIDA SHELF; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA SHELF; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSISSIPPI SHELF; TEXAS SHELF; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879687993     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-012-0587-8     Document Type: Article

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