A numerical study of tidal asymmetry in Okatee Creek, South Carolina

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 190-202

  Huang, Haosheng ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^a   Blanton, Jackson O ^b   Andrade, Francisco A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ebb dominance; FVCOM; intertidal salt marsh; numerical simulation; Okatee Creek; tidal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALTMARSH; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CURRENT;

NORTH AMERICA; OKATEE CREEK; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41749105952     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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