A 2.5D model for sand transport in a shallow sea: Effect of Ekman veering

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 659-671

  Shapiro, G I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Ekman spiral; Model; Sediment transport; Shelf seas

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CURRENT VELOCITY; EKMAN TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 1842588486     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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