Across-sill circulation near a tidal mixing front in a broad fjord

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1805-1824

  Janzen, C D ^a,c   Simpson, J H ^a   Inall, M E ^b   Cottier, F ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clyde Sea; Estuarine dynamics; Fjord dynamics; Fronts; Scotland; Sills; Tides; United Kingdom; Wind driven circulation

Indexed keywords

FJORD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; TIDAL MODELING;

CLYDE ESTUARY; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25144483404     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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