Tidal currents in the northwestern Adriatic: High-frequency radio observations and numerical model predictions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Chavanne, Cedric ^a   Janekovic I ^b   Flament, P ^a   Poulain, P M ^c   Kuzmic M ^c   Gurgel, K W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SURFACE WATERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

BOTTOM FRICTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OSCILLATING FLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOMETER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249812400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003523     Document Type: Article

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