Mixing and flushing in the Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Alosairi, Yousef ^a   Imberger, Jörg ^b   Falconer, Roger A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENTS;

ARABIAN GULF; ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL SEAS; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; EFFLUENT DISCHARGE; ENERGY SOURCE; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; MODEL RESULTS; OPEN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF; PROFILE DATA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; WATER RESIDENCE TIME;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSION; EFFLUENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLUSHING; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING; MODEL VALIDATION; OPEN OCEAN; RESIDENCE TIME;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; IRAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 79953694803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006769     Document Type: Article

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