Estuary/ocean exchange and tidal mixing in a Gulf of Maine Estuary: A Lagrangian modeling study

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 607-624

  Bilgili, Ata ^a   Proehl, Jeffrey A ^a   Lynch, Daniel R ^a   Smith, Keston W ^a   Swift, M Robinson ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuarine dynamics; Lagrangian particle tracking; Numerical models; Residence time; Tidal mixing; Water exchange

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE FRONT; MIXING; TIDAL CURRENT; WATER EXCHANGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE;

EID: 27844520212     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.027     Document Type: Article

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