Modelling solute transport in the Tweed Estuary, UK using ECoS

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 314-316, Issue , 2003, Pages 715-725

  Punt, A G ^a   Millward, G E ^b   Harris, J R W ^c  

^a Enviros Consulting Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ECoS; Model; Salinity; Tweed

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDES;

WATER ELEVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; SALINITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISPERSION; ESTUARY; HEALTH SURVEY; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERTIDAL ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIFICATION; WATER FLOW;

ENGLAND; TWEED ESTUARY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141454014     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00079-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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