The influence of lateral advection on the residual estuarine circulation: A numerical modeling study of the Hudson River estuary

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-124

  Scully, Malcolm E ^a,d   Geyer, W Rockwell ^b   Lerczak, James A ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC PRESSURES; DENSITY STRATIFICATIONS; DYNAMICAL BALANCES; ESTUARINE CIRCULATIONS; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; HUDSON RIVERS; INTEGRATED PRESSURES; LATERAL FLOWS; LEADING ORDERS; LINEAR SCALING; MOMENTUM BALANCES; NON-LINEAR PROCESS; NONLINEAR TERMS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS;

PRESSURE GRADIENT;

ESTUARIES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BOTTOM STRESS; CIRCULATION MODELING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; STRATIFICATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

HUDSON ESTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549164257     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JPO3952.1     Document Type: Article

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