Prediction of tidal excursion length in estuaries due to the environmental changes

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 675-686

  Parsa, J ^a   Shahidi, A Etemad ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alluvial estuaries; Environmental management; Numerical simulation; Scaling; Tidal range; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CALIBRATION; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SALINITY; TIDAL CYCLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

GAZA; LIMPOPO ESTUARY; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 78049277917     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326177     Document Type: Article

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