On the importance of non-hydrostatic processes in determining tidally induced mixing in sill regions

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2162-2185

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Mixing; Non hydrostatic model; Sill

Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATICS; INTERNAL WAVE; MODEL; SILL; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOPOGRAPHY; VERTICAL MIXING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LOCH ETIVE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548495816     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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