Lateral variability of flow over a sill in a channel of southern Chile

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 352-359

  Cáceres, Mario ^a   Valle Levinson, Arnoldo ^b   Molinet, Carlos ^c   Castillo, Manuel ^d   Bello, Monica ^e   Moreno, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Dirección de Programas Investigación y Desarrollo de la Armada de Chile   (Chile)

Author keywords

ADCP; Chile; Currents; Estuaries; Fjords; Physical oceanography; Sill processes; Transverse variability

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDES;

ADCP; CHILE; FJORDS; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; SILL PROCESSES; TRANSVERSE VARIABILITY;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

CHANNEL FLOW; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; TIDES;

CHANNEL; DENSITY CURRENT; FLOW STRUCTURE; FLOW VELOCITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SILL; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL INLET;

AISEN; CHILE; REFUGIO CHANNEL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745473298     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0077-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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