Observations of shear-augmented diffusion processes and evaluation of effective diffusivity from current measurements in Corpus Christi Bay

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 788-803

  Ojo, Temitope O ^a   Bonner, James S ^a   Page, Cheryl ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus Christi Bay; Current shear; Diffusion coefficients; Dispersion; Gulf of mexico; Mixing processes; Texas; Turbulence; USA; Vertical shear

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVITY; DYE TRACER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CORPUS CHRISTI BAY; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748640161     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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