Tidally generated internal waves in partially mixed estuaries

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12-13, 2006, Pages 1469-1480

  Wang, Dong Ping ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC TIDE; BOUNDARY LAYER; ESTUARY; HALOCLINE; INTERNAL WAVE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LEE WAVE; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; WAVE VELOCITY;

EID: 33746281183     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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