Hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic simulations of buoyantly driven coastal jets

Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 204-214

  Gallacher, Patrick C ^a   Piacsek, Steven ^a   Dietrich, David ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AcuSea Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUOYANT JETS; COASTAL OCEAN; HYDROSTATIC SIMULATION; NONHYDROSTATIC SIMULATION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035785129     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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