Process study of dry-season circulation in the pearl river estuary and adjacent coastal waters using a triple-nested coastal circulation model

Atmosphere - Ocean

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-162

  Ji, Xiaomei ^a,b   Sheng, Jinyu ^a   Tang, Liqun ^c   Liu, Dabin ^c   Yang, Xuelian ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^d National Marine Environmental Forecast Centre   (China)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Nested grid; Numerical model; Process study

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; CIRCULATION MODELING; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL WATER; DRY SEASON; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SALINITY; STRATIFICATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84055211850     PISSN: 07055900     EISSN: 14809214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07055900.2011.580165     Document Type: Article

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