Simulating vertical water mixing in homogeneous estuaries: The SADO Estuary case

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 221-227

  Martins, F ^a   Leitao P ^b   Neves, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Generic mesh; Numerical models; Vertical transport

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; WATER;

DISCRETIZATION;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 0037095970     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020369431924     Document Type: Article

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