Utilising monitoring and modelling of estuarine environments to investigate catchment conditions responsible for stratification events in a typically well-mixed urbanised estuary

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 111, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-16

  Lee, Serena B ^a   Birch, Gavin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment runoff; Estuary; High precipitation; Hydrodynamic model; Salinity; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TIDE; CATCHMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SALINITY; STORMWATER; STRATIFICATION; URBAN POLLUTION; URBANIZATION; WATERWAY TRANSPORT;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 84865802879     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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