A 3-D coastal tidal rectification process: Observations, theory and experiments

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 15-16, 1999, Pages 1869-1903

  Aelbrecht, Denis ^a   Chabert D'Hières, Gabriel ^a   Renouard, Dominique ^a  

^a LEGI   (France)

Author keywords

Coastal current; Ekman layer; English Channel; FLUXMANCHE II; Northwest European Shelf; Residual flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; COASTAL ZONE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TIDAL FLOW;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; EKMAN LAYER; RESIDUAL FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT;

EID: 0342471006     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00045-X     Document Type: Article

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