Estimating river flow effects on water ages by hydrodynamic modeling in Little Manatee River estuary, Florida, USA

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 197-211

  Huang, Wenrui ^a   Liu, Xiaohai ^a   Chen, Xinjian ^b   Flannery, Michael S ^b  

^a FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b Southwest Florida Water Management District   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Hydrodynamic model; Mixing time scale; Tidal river; Water age

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER FLOW; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LITTLE MANATEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949107153     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-009-9143-6     Document Type: Article

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