The influence of centrifugal and coriolis forces on the circulation in a curving estuary

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 541-558

  Georgas, Nickitas ^a   Blumberg, Alan F ^b  

^a HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^b Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BAROMETERS; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; SALTS; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; ESTUARY CHANNEL; SALT INTRUSION; SHEAR DISPERSION;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 11144229455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40734(145)34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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