Wind- and tide-induced currents in the Stagnone lagoon (Sicily)

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-100

  de Marchis, Mauro ^a   Ciraolo, Giuseppe ^b   Nasello, Carmelo ^b   Napoli, Enrico ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal lagoon; Seiche; Shallow water; Tidal hydrodynamics; Wind driven flow

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN TIDE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ITALY; MARSALA LAGOON; SICILY; TRAPANI;

EID: 84855962787     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-011-9225-0     Document Type: Article

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