Lateral circulation driven by boundary mixing and the associated transport of sediments in idealized partially mixed estuaries

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-118

  Chen, Shih Nan ^a   Sanford, Lawrence P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary mixing; Ekman turning; Estuarine circulation; Lateral circulation; Numerical modeling; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EKMAN LAYER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TURBULENCE;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57749113884     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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