Modelling of the Ebro River plume. Validation with field observation

Scientia Marina

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-391

  Mestress, Marc ^a   Sierra, Joan Pau ^a   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^a   González Del Río, Julio ^b   Wolf, Thomas ^c   Rodríguez, Andrés ^d   Ouillon, Sylvain ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c Institute for Lake Research   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Ebro River; Hydrodynamics; Numerical modelling; River plume

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; ESTUARY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; RIVER PLUME;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (NORTHWEST); SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 1642463545     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2003.67n4379     Document Type: Article

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