Observations of estuarine circulation and solitary internal waves in a highly energetic tidal channel

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1767-1782

  Groeskamp, Sjoerd ^a   Nauw, Janine J ^a   Maas, Leo R M ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Internal waves; Solitons; Tides

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRIC DATA; DEEP TRENCH; EBB CURRENTS; ESTUARINE CIRCULATION; FLOW PASS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; INTERNAL WAVES; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LEE WAVES; REVERSE CIRCULATION; SOLITARY INTERNAL WAVES; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL INLET; TRANSCRITICAL; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION; WADDEN SEA; WIND MIXING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ESTUARIES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; PHOTOGRAPHY; SOLITONS; SPACE STATIONS; TIDES;

SHEAR FLOW;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BATHYMETRY; CONDUCTIVITY; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER INPUT; FROUDE NUMBER; MOORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOLITARY WAVE; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL INLET; TRENCH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IJSSELMEER; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 81155133925     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0455-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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