Hydrodynamic characterization of the Arcachon Bay, using model-derived descriptors

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1008-1013

  Plus, M ^a   Dumas, F ^a   Stanisiere J Y ^a   Maurer, D ^a  

^a IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Age of seawater; Arcachon Bay; Flushing time; Hydrodynamics; Residual fluxes; Tidal prism; Tracer

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; TIDE; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS; WIND FORCING;

AQUITAINE; ARCACHON BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GIRONDE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64449085100     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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