Modelling travel and residence times in the eastern Irish Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 1-5, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Dabrowski, T ^a   Hartnett, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Baroclinic flows; Irish Sea; Numerical modelling; Residence time; Travel time

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; IRISH SEA; NUMERICAL MODELING; RESIDENCE TIME;

SEAWATER;

FRESH WATER;

BACKWATER; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; GYRE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRAVEL TIME;

ARTICLE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEA; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL POWER; TRAVEL;

IRELAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIRTH OF CLYDE; IRISH SEA; ISLE OF MAN; LIVERPOOL BAY; SCOTLAND; SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46549088980     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.03.014     Document Type: Article

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