Advection of the salt wedge and evolution of the internal flow structure in the rotterdam waterway

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-27

  de Nijs, Michel A J ^a   Pietrzak, Julie D ^a   Winterwerp, Johan C ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel flows; Currents; Estuaries; Mixing; Salinity; Tides

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC FORCING; BAROTROPIC; CHANNEL CURRENTS; CURRENTS; DECOUPLING EFFECTS; EXCHANGE FLOW; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLOOD AND EBB; INTERNAL FLOW STRUCTURE; INTERNAL FLOWS; MAXIMAL VELOCITY; ROTTERDAM; SALINITY; TIDAL ASYMMETRY; TIDAL CYCLE; TIME DEPENDENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WEDGE CONTROL;

ADVECTION; CHANNEL FLOW; FREQUENCY BANDS; MIXING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TIDES; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ESTUARIES;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC MOTION; BOTTOM STRESS; ESTUARY; FLOW STRUCTURE; PYCNOCLINE; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 79951703338     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4228.1     Document Type: Article

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