The dynamical balance of flow in the Menai Strait

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 449-455

  Campbell, A R ^a,b   Simpson, J H ^a   Allen, G L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current profile; Dynamical balance; Friction coefficients; Menai Strait; Regression analysis; Tide gauges

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032033247     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1997.0244     Document Type: Article

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