Application of the Tidal Random Walk Model to Calculate Water Dispersion Coefficients in the Ems Estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 123-133

  De Swart, H E ^a   De Jonge, V N ^b   Vosbeek, M ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c KEMA   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Ems Estuary; Mixing; Tidal currents

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; ESTUARY; TIDAL RANDOM WALK MODEL; WATER FLOW 76N ESTUARINE DYNAMICS;

EMS ESTUARY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0031193320     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0171     Document Type: Article

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