Coastal Circulations Driven by River Outflow

Variable-density, 11/2- and 21/2- layer models are used to examine the behavior of plumes resulting from a fresher outflow of transport Mr and salinity Sr into a pre-existing oceanic layer of initial thickness H1 and salinity S1. It is found that the plumes exhibit a variety of features depending on...

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Main Author: Zhang, Shuliang
Format: Others
Published: NSUWorks 1997
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Online Access:http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/45
http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1345&context=occ_stuetd