Numerical study of surface water circulation around Sekisei lagoon, southwest Japan

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-375

  Lu, Li Feng ^a   Miyazawa, Yasumasa ^a   Cui, Wei ^b   Nadaoka, Kazuo ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic dispersion; Numerical model; Sekisei lagoon; Yaeyama Islands

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS DATA; COARSE-RESOLUTION MODEL; HYDRODYNAMIC DISPERSIONS; KUROSHIO; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODEL RESULTS; NESTED GRID; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OPEN BOUNDARIES; OPEN OCEAN; REANALYSIS; RELAXATION SCHEMES; SPATIAL SCALE; SURFACE CURRENT; SURFACE DISPERSION; SURFACE LAYERS; TIDAL FORCING; TIDAL MODELS;

DISPERSIONS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEA LEVEL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COASTAL LAGOON; HEAT FLUX; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MESOSCALE EDDY; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; RESOLUTION; SURFACE LAYER; SURFACE WATER; TIDAL MODELING; WIND FORCING;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN; YAEYAMA ISLANDS;

EID: 77954816740     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0270-x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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