Secondary flows induced by wind forcing in the Rhône region of freshwater influence

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-196

  Reffray, Guillaume ^a   Fraunie P ^a   Marsaleix, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Factor separation study; Numerical simulation; Symphonie model

Indexed keywords

FACTOR-SEPRATION STUDY; SECONDARY VORTICES; SURFACE FLOWS; SYMPHONIC MODELS;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEPARATION; SURFACE WATERS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER WAVES;

WIND EFFECTS;

EID: 4944234723     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0079-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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