Transient tidal circulation and momentum balances at a shallow inlet

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 913-932

  Hench, James L ^a   Luettich Jr , Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CENTRIFUGATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; TIDAL POWER; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

PRESSURE GRADIENTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL INLET;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141749362     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2003)33<913:TTCAMB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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