Tidal eulerian residual currents over a slope: Analytical and numerical frictionless models

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1321-1332

  Mazé, Robert ^a   Langlois, Gilbert ^b   Grosjean, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b TECHNOPÔLE BREST IROISE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EULERIAN MODEL; RESIDUAL FLOW; TIDAL CURRENT;

EID: 0032431781     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1998)028<1321:TERCOA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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