Application of a finite element model to the computation of tides in the Mersey Estuary and Eastern Irish Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 491-514

  Eric Jones, J ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eastern Irish Sea; Finite element model; Mersey; Tidal harmonics

Indexed keywords

ESTUARY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MESH SIZE; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; TIDE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; MERSEY ESTUARY; MORECAMBE BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77549088938     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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