A numerical study of the fortnightly modulation of basin-ocean water exchange across a tidal mixing zone

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1224-1235

  Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^a   Ogasawara, Manabu ^b,c   Niwa, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c PASCO Environ Science Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MIXING; SECONDARY FLOW; SILL; TIDAL MODELING; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 0032413297     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1224:ANSOTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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