Improving hydrodynamic modeling of an estuary in a mixed tidal regime by grid refining and aligning

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 395-409

  Hasan, G M Jahid ^a   Van Maren, Dirk Sebastiaan ^b,c   Cheong, Hin Fatt ^d  

^a SHAHJALAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Grid refinement and alignment; Hydrodynamic modeling; Johor Estuary; Singapore coastal waters; Tidal currents; Water levels

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL BOUNDARIES; COASTAL WATERS; COMPLEX INTERACTION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GRID REFINEMENT; GRID RESOLUTION; GRID SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL RESULTS; PACIFIC OCEAN; REGIONAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL VARIATIONS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SINGAPORE; TIDAL ASYMMETRY; TIDAL CURRENTS;

ALIGNMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; WATER LEVELS;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL WATER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER LEVEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84861098365     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0506-4     Document Type: Article

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