Estimation of drag coefficient in James River estuary using tidal velocity data from a vessel-towed ADCP

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Li, Chunyan ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^b   Atkinson, Larry P ^b   Wong, Kuo Chuin ^c   Lwiza, Kamazima M M ^d  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic model; Drag coefficient; Tides

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; DRAG COEFFICIENT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

JAMES ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 18544393148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001991     Document Type: Article

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