Evaluating the Surface Response of Discharge Events in a New Zealand Gulf-ROFI

Using moorings with a surface expression, responses of buoyant river outflows were examined in the Firth-Hauraki Gulf system, New Zealand. The Firth region of freshwater influence (ROFI) behaves as a gulf-type ROFI where the balance of key processes lies between rotation and advection. The latter pr...

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Main Authors: Joanne M. Ø'Callaghan, Craig L. Stevens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00232/full