The effects of mixing and spreading on density in near-field river plumes

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-53

  Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Plume dilution; Plume spreading; River plumes

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC ANALYSIS; COMPETING PROCESS; DENSITY CHANGE; DENSITY OF WATER; FRESH WATER; LAYER MODEL; LENGTH SCALE; MIXING RATES; NEAR-FIELD; PARAMETER SPACES; PLUME DILUTION; PLUME SPREADING; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; SUBCRITICAL FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER MASS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; WATER;

MIXING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DILUTION; ESTUARINE FRONT; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER PLUME; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 70350597654     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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