Controls on floc growth in an energetic tidal channel

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Braithwaite, K M ^a   Bowers, D G ^a   Nimmo Smith, W A M ^b   Graham, G W ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; PRANDTL NUMBER;

A-FRAMES; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CONSTANT OF PROPORTIONALITY; FLOCCULATION MODEL; FLOOD AND EBB; KOLMOGOROV; KOLMOGOROV SCALE; LASER DIFFRACTION INSTRUMENTS; LISST-100; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENTS; MEDIAN PARTICLE SIZE; MICRO-SCALES; PARTICLE VOLUME; PHASE LAGS; STRUCTURE FUNCTION METHOD; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENT KINETIC ENERGY; VERTICAL CURRENT;

PARTICLE SIZE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSIPATION; FLOCCULATION; FLOOD; KINETIC ENERGY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PREDICTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; TURBULENCE; VERTICAL PROFILE;

EID: 84857082136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007094     Document Type: Article

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