On the influence of stratification and tidal forcing upon mixing in sill regions

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 57, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 431-451

  Davies, Alan M ^a   Xing, Jiuxing ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Froude number; Lee waves; Loch Etive; Non hydrostatic; Sill; Tidal; Topography

Indexed keywords

FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRAULIC JUMP; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEPARATION; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

LEE WAVES; LOCH ETIVE; NON-HYDROSTATIC;

THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

FROUDE NUMBER; HYDRAULIC JUMP; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEPARATION; THERMAL STRATIFICATION; TIDES; TOPOGRAPHY;

BUOYANCY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXING; SILL; STRATIFICATION; THERMOCLINE;

EID: 35548990523     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-007-0114-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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