Algorithm to calculate equal-area grid cells in irregular estuarine cross-sections

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-282

  Perillo, Gerardo M E ^a,b   Piccolo, M Cintia ^a,b   Mosquera, José ^a,d   Aggio, Santiago ^c  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^c Ctro Reg Invest Basicas y A   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

C++; Cross section grids; Estuaries; Residual fluxes

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CROSS SECTION; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; RESIDUAL FLOW;

EID: 0033017452     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(98)00163-0     Document Type: Article

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