A numerical study of island wake generated by an elliptical tidal flow

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1120-1135

  Estrade, Philippe ^a   Middleton, Jason H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eddies; Island wake; Numerical modelling; Residual; Tidal currents; Upwelling; Vorticity

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ELLIPSE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL CURRENT; VERTICAL MIXING; VORTICITY; WAKE;

EID: 77953130997     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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