Turbulence characteristics of a small subtropical estuary during and after some moderate rainfall

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-670

  Trevethan, Mark ^a   Chanson, Hubert ^a   Brown, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acoustic Doppler velocimetry; covariances; field measurements; rainfall runoff; small subtropical estuary; triple correlations; turbulence

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FIELD METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TURBULENCE;

EID: 51749118221     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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