Vertical eddy diffusivity estimations in Swan river estuary

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 175-187

  Etemad Shahidi, Amir ^a   Imberger, Jorg ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuary; Microstructure; Mixing efficiency; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ESTUARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROFILOMETRY;

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA; PORTABLE FLUX PROFILER (PFP); SWAN RIVER ESTUARY; VERTICAL EDDY DIFFUSIVITY;

RIVERS;

DIFFUSION; EDDY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SWAN ESTUARY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 17744368330     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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