Saltwater intrusion into the Changjiang River: A model-guided mechanism study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Xue, Pengfei ^a   Chen, Changsheng ^a,b,c,d   Ding, Pingxing ^b   Beardsley, Robert C ^c   Lin, Huichan ^a   Ge, Jianzhong ^b   Kong, Yazhen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DROUGHT; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEAN ENGINEERING; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVERS; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE; BOTTOM FRICTION; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; DRY SEASONS; EAST CHINA SEA; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FINITE-VOLUME; FRESHWATER FLUXES; GRID RESOLUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; KEY PROCESS; MOMENTUM BALANCES; MOMENTUM FLUX; NARROW CHANNEL; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE ELEVATION GRADIENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; VOLUME FLUX; WATER TRANSPORT;

SALT WATER INTRUSION;

DIFFUSION; DISCHARGE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; ESTUARINE FRONT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RIVER WATER; SALINE INTRUSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 66149173554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JC004831     Document Type: Article

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