Tidally-induced flow structure over intertidal flats

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-250

  Collins, M B ^a   Ke, X ^a,b   Gao, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boundary layer parameters; Internal consistency analysis; Intertidal flats; Logarithmic velocity profile; Onward linear regression; U.K

Indexed keywords

FLOW STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL FLAT; KARMAN-PRANDTL EQUATION; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 0032005907     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0260     Document Type: Article

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