Hydroynamics and sediment dynamics in the German Bight. A focus on observations and numerical modelling in the East Frisian Wadden Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 302-319

  Staneva, Joanna ^a   Stanev, Emil V ^b   Wolff, Jörg Olaf ^a   Badewien, Thomas H ^a   Reuter, Rainer ^a   Flemming, Burghard ^c   Bartholomä, Alexander ^c   Bolding, Karsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d Bolding and Burchard ApS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Nested models; Ocean circulation; Sediment dynamics; Tidal basins

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL ZONE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MERIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA;

EID: 57749089005     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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