Transverse structure of tidal and residual flow and sediment concentration in estuaries: Sensitivity to tidal forcing and water depth

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1067-1091

  Huijts, Karin M H ^a   De Swart, Huib E ^b   Schramkowski, George P ^c   Schuttelaars, Henk M ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FLANDERS HYDRAULICS RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Density induced tidal rectification; Estuarine dynamics; Morphodynamic equilibrium; Sediment trapping

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; DENSITY GRADIENTS; DENSITY-INDUCED TIDAL RECTIFICATION; EKMAN NUMBERS; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FIELD DATA; FLOW MODEL; LARGE PARTS; MODEL RESULTS; MORPHODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUMS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PARAMETER SPACES; RESIDUAL FLOW; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; STRONG-MIXING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TIDAL FLOW; TIDAL FORCING; TIDAL VARIATIONS; TRANSVERSE FLOW; VELOCITY AMPLITUDES; WATER DEPTH; WELL-MIXED ESTUARY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES;

ESTUARIES;

ADVECTION; DATA SET; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EQUILIBRIUM; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOW MODELING; MORPHODYNAMICS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESIDUAL FLOW; SEDIMENT TRAP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOKES FORMULA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER DEPTH;

EID: 81255134138     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0414-7     Document Type: Article

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