A model of the 3D circulation, salinity distribution, and transport pattern in the Pearl River Estuary, China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 896-908

  Larson, Magnus ^a   Bellanca, Raffaella ^a   Jönsson, Lennart ^a   Chen, Chuqun ^b   Shi, Ping ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

3D circulation; Field measurements; Numerical modeling; Pearl River Estuary; Princeton Ocean Model (POM); River runoff; Salinity; Satellite images; Tidal flow

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 25444471859     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-105A.1     Document Type: Article

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