Semi-diurnal tidal ellipse variability in a region of freshwater influence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Verspecht, F ^a,b   Simpson, J H ^a   Rippeth, T P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DRIVEN SYSTEM; INFLECTION POINTS; KEY PROCESS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SEMI-DIURNAL; TERM FIELD; TIDAL ELLIPSE; TIDAL STRAINING; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TWO-LAYER SYSTEMS; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WATER COLUMNS;

REYNOLDS NUMBER;

BAY; BOTTOM STRESS; FRESHWATER INPUT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEMIDIURNAL TIDE; SHEAR STRESS; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER COLUMN;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957587740     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044470     Document Type: Article

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