Mixing and stratification in a tropical tidal embayment subject to a distributed freshwater source

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-44

  Hoitink, A J F ^a,b   van Maren, D S ^c,d   Hoekstra, P ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; Mixing; Monsoon; Stratification; Tidal boundary layer

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; BULK RICHARDSON NUMBER; DISTRIBUTED SOURCES; EAST COAST; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; FRESHWATER SOURCES; HORIZONTAL GRADIENTS; MONSOON; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; ROTARY COMPONENTS; SMALL STREAMS; SPATIAL GRADIENTS; STRONG-MIXING; TIDAL BOUNDARIES; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL STRAINING; VELOCITY PROFILES; VERTICAL ADVECTION; VERTICAL MIXING; WATER COLUMNS; WET SEASON; WIND FORCING; WIND SPEED; WIND-DRIVEN FLOWS;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; MIXING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

TIDAL POWER;

BOUNDARY LAYER; DISCHARGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONSOON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIDAL CYCLE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

BANTEN BAY; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 79959271519     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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