Flushing characteristics of a seasonally-open tidal inlet: A numerical study

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1405-1421

  Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flushing; Numerical model; Seasonal closure; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

FLUSHING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEASONALITY; STREAMFLOW; TIDAL INLET;

EID: 0031742113     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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