Flow and hydraulics near the sill of Hood Canal, a strongly sheared, continuously stratified fjord

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1087-1105

  Gregg, M C ^a   Pratt, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel flows; Field experiments; Ship observations; Tides

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL SECTIONS; CONTINUOUSLY STRATIFIED; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEEP-WATER RENEWALS; DENSE WATERS; EBB-AND-FLOOD; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW DOWNSTREAM; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; INTERNAL HYDRAULIC; INTERNAL WAVES; LEE WAVES; LOCAL MINIMUMS; SUPER-CRITICAL; TIDAL CYCLE; WASHINGTON STATE; WAVE SPEED;

CHANNEL FLOW; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; SHIPS; TIDES;

HYDRAULICS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DENSE WATER; FJORD; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERNAL WAVE; LEE WAVE; SILL; STRATIFIED FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDE;

HOOD CANAL; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 77955607016     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4312.1     Document Type: Article

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