The influence of Baker Bay and Sand Island on circulations in the mouth of the Columbia River

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === The Columbia River estuary is the scene of a collision between strong river discharge, considerable tidal magnitude and violent surface gravity waves that have claimed thousands of vessels and hundreds of lives. Lagrangian GPS measurements o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baden, Kyle T.
Other Authors: MacMahan, James
Published: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/42578