Effect of tidal stream power generation on the region-wide circulation in a shallow sea

Ocean Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-174

  Shapiro, G I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; KINETIC ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POWER GENERATION; SHALLOW WATER; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL POWER; TRACER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CELTIC SEA; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79952065069     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-7-165-2011     Document Type: Article

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