Investigation of Pressure and Pressure Gradients along the Louisiana/ Texas Inner Shelf and Their Relationships to Wind Forcing and Current Variabilit

ISBN-13: 9781505543469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 52 str.

U. S. Department of the Interior Minerals

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The northwestern rim of the Gulf of Mexico is characterized by a broad, shallow self dominated by North American continental drainage, including The Mississippi/Atchafalaya River outflow produces buoyant, turbid plumes along the Louisiana coastline. This river system typical has a peak discharge during spring excess of 30,000 m/sec and a low in autum of about 10,000 m/sec.