Flow velocity profiles in the Lower Scheldt estuary

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 284-294

  Winterwerp, Johan Christian ^a,b   Wang, Zheng Bing ^a,b   Van Der Kaaij, Theo ^b   Verelst, Kristof ^c   Bijlsma, Arnout ^b   Meersschaut, Youri ^c   Sas, Marc ^d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^c FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d IMDC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Estuarine morphology; Gravitational circulation; River bends; Secondary currents

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ESTUARINE MORPHOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL CIRCULATION; RIVER BENDS; SECONDARY CURRENTS;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CIRCULATION MODELING; ESTUARY; FLOW VELOCITY; MORPHOLOGY; SALINITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 33745463994     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0063-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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