Turbulent dissipation in a near-field river plume: A comparison of control volume and microstructure observations with a numerical model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  MacDonald, Daniel G ^a,b   Goodman, Louis ^a,b   Hetland, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER POLLUTION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

DISSIPATION; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER PLUME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

MERRIMACK RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548670507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004075     Document Type: Article

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