Application of two turbulence closure schemes in the modelling of tidal currents and salinity in the hooghly estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 649-663

  Sinha, P C ^a   Rao, Y R ^b   Dube, S K ^a   Murthy, C R ^b   Chatterjee, A K ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Calcutta Port Trust   (India)

Author keywords

Currents; Estuary; India coast; Numerical model; Salinity; Turbulence closure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ESTUARY; INDIA; MODEL; SALINITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; SALINITY; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENCE;

HOOGHLY ESTUARY; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 0032798864     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0478     Document Type: Article

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