Hydrodynamic model study of the Ria de Pontevedra under estuarine conditions

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-113

  Ruiz Villarreal, M ^a   Montero, P ^a   Taboada, J J ^a   Prego, R ^b   Leitao P C ^c   Perez Villar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

3 D baroclinic model; Partially mixed estuary; Residual circulation; Ria de Pontevedra (Galicia, Spain); Tidal circulation; Transverse circulation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; DENSITY CURRENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDAL CURRENT;

GALICIA; RIA DE PONTEVEDRA; SPAIN;

EID: 0036181935     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.2001.0825     Document Type: Article

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