Modeling surf zone tracer plumes: 2. Transport and dispersion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Clark, David B ^a,b   Feddersen, Falk ^a   Guza, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; WATER WAVES;

ADVECTION DIFFUSION MODELS; ALONGSHORE CURRENT; BOUSSINESQ; BREAKING WAVES; DYE TRACER; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY VISCOSITY; INCIDENT WAVE FIELD; LOW FREQUENCY; MIXING LENGTH; MODEL SKILL; SURF ZONES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER DISPERSION;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BATHYMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; EDDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WAVE FIELD;

EID: 81755161232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007211     Document Type: Article

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