A three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of estuarine circulation with an application to Southampton Water, UK

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 753-767

  Levasseur, Anne ^a   Shi, Lei ^a   Wells, Neil C ^a   Purdie, Duncan A ^a   Kelly Gerreyn, Boris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D hydrodynamic models; partially mixed estuaries; rivers; Southampton Water (UK); tides; unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDE; WATER MASS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; SOUTHAMPTON WATER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249101242     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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