Numerical investigation of an estuarine front and its associated eddy

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Shen, J ^a,b,c   Kuo, A Y ^a,b,c  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ESTUARINE FRONTAL SYSTEM; FROUDE NUMBER;

ESTUARIES;

EDDY CURRENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EDDY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 0032771805     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(1999)125:3(127)     Document Type: Article

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