Untangling the roles of wind, run-off and tides in Prince William Sound

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Colas, François ^a   Wang, Xiaochun ^b   Capet, Xavier ^c   Chao, Yi ^b,d   McWilliams, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles   (United States)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation variability; Prince William Sound; Regional modeling; Run off; Tides

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; EDDY COVARIANCE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABILIZATION; TIDAL CYCLE; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880729555     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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