Estuarine overmixing

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 199-211

  Hetland, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FLOWS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; ENHANCED MIXING; EXCHANGE FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; KNUDSEN; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARAMETER SPACES; QUALITATIVE FEATURES; SALT FLUX; STEADY STATE; TWO LAYERS; UPPER LIMITS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULICS;

ESTUARIES;

BAROCLINIC MOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; PARAMETERIZATION; SHELF SEA;

EID: 77953280861     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4247.1     Document Type: Article

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