Using a three-dimensional particle-tracking model to estimate the residence time and age of water in a tidal estuary

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1148-1161

  Liu, Wen Cheng ^a   Chen, Wei Bo ^b   Hsu, Ming Hsi ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; Currents; Freshwater discharge; Models; Particle tracking; Residence time; Salinity

Indexed keywords

AGE; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; PARTICLE TRACKING; RESIDENCE TIME; SALINITY;

ESTUARIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

AGE; ESTUARY; FRESHWATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE MOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; TRACKING;

DANSHUEI RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 79960918425     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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