The internal tide of the Gareloch, a Scottish Fjord

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 130-142

  Robins, Peter E ^a   Elliott, Alan J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

baroclinic; higher harmonics; internal tide; model; sea loch; stratification

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; FJORD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERNAL TIDE; OSCILLATION; STRATIFICATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE REFLECTION;

ARGYLL AND BUTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARELOCH; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57649085452     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2008.10.022     Document Type: Article

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