A strain-induced freshwater pump in the Liverpool Bay ROFI

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1905-1915

  Palmer, Matthew Robert ^a   Polton, Jeff A ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal Observatory; Coastal oceanography; Liverpool Bay; Plume dynamics; POLCOMS; ROFI; SIPS; Tidal modification; Tidal straining

Indexed keywords

COASTAL OBSERVATORY; COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY; LIVERPOOL BAY; PLUME DYNAMICS; POLCOMS; ROFI; SIPS; TIDAL MODIFICATION; TIDAL STRAINING;

BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; DURABILITY; OBSERVATORIES; OCEAN CURRENTS; PUMPS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COASTAL ZONE; DENSITY CURRENT; ELLIPSE; ESTUARINE FRONT; FLOW PATTERN; HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXED LAYER; OBSERVATORY; PUMPING; PYCNOCLINE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER PLUME; STRAIN RATE; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CURRENT; VISCOSITY;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81155152753     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0430-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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