Modeling water quality and hypoxia dynamics in Upper Charlotte Harbor, Florida, U.S.A. during 2000

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-263

  Kim, Taeyun ^a,b   Peter Sheng, Y ^a   Park, Kijin ^a,c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Hypoxia; Modeling; Stratification; Tidal mixing; U.S.A.; Upper Charlotte Harbor; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CIRCULATION MODELING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FRESHWATER INPUT; HARBOR; HYPOXIA; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER QUALITY;

CHARLOTTE HARBOR; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78449252237     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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