The AMANDES tidal model for the Amazon estuary and shelf

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 132-149

  Le Bars, Yoann ^a   Lyard, Florent ^a   Jeandel, Catherine ^a   Dardengo, Leonardo ^a,b  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon estuary; Bathymetry; Bottom friction; T UGOm; Tide; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

AMAZON ESTUARY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BEST MODEL; BOTTOM FRICTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; PARAMETRISATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; REGIONAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; STANDARD MODEL; TIDAL DYNAMICS; TIDAL MODELLING; TIDAL MODELS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID;

BATHYMETRY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRIBOLOGY;

ESTUARIES;

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM FRICTION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL MODELING;

AMAZON ESTUARY; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 71849097112     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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