A Lagrangian subgridscale model for particle transport improvement and application in the Adriatic Sea using the Navy Coastal Ocean Model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-91

  Haza, Angelique C ^a   Piterbarg, Leonid I ^b   Martin, Paul ^c   Özgökmen, Tamay M ^a   Griffa, Annalisa ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT; PARTICLE TRANSPORT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

EULERIAN ANALYSIS; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33847198673     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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