The importance of tidal and lateral asymmetries in stratification to residual circulation in partially mixed estuaries

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1496-1511

  Scully, Malcolm E ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; RESIDUAL FLOW; TURBULENT MIXING;

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ESTUARIES; MIXING; MORPHOLOGY; TIDES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; TURBULENT FLOW;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROTROPIC MOTION; BATHYMETRY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STRATIFICATION; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; YORK RIVER;

EID: 34447570621     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO3071.1     Document Type: Article

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