Relevance of different driving terms in the Barcelona Harbor winter circulation: Field study and numerical model performance

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 275-285

  Cáceres, Iván ^a   Grifoll, Manel ^b   González Marco, Daniel ^c   Sánchez Arcilla, Agustín ^c   Espino, Manuel ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Harbors; Hydrodynamics; Measurement; Numerical models; Spain; Water quality

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

BARCELONA HARBOR; CONTROL POINTS; FIELD CAMPAIGN; FIELD STUDIES; HARBORS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL MODELS; REASONABLE AGREEMENT; SPAIN; VELOCITY FIELDS; VELOCITY RESPONSE; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS; WINTER CIRCULATION; WINTER CONDITIONS;

PORTS AND HARBORS;

CIRCULATION MODELING; HARBOR; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER QUALITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WINTER;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 50049107041     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2008)134:5(275)     Document Type: Article

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