Temporal and spatial variability in fall storm induced sediment resuspension on the Mid-Atlantic Bight

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Miles, Travis ^a   Glenn, Scott M ^a   Schofield, Oscar ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicles; Coastal oceanography; Ocean observing systems; Sediment resuspension; Sediment transport; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 84880714329     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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