Tidal straining, mixing and Lagrangian flow residuals around headlands

Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-99

  Couch, Scott J ^a   Copeland, Graham J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal flows; Eulerian residuals; Flow separation; Headland; Lagrangian residuals; Mixing; Mixing diagrams; Particle tracking; Tidal straining; Transient eddies

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; STRAIN; TIDES; TRANSIENTS;

MIXING ZONES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; FLOW PATTERN; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; RESIDUAL FLOW; TIDAL CURRENT;

EID: 0242653671     PISSN: 1061026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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