Spatial and temporal flushing time approach in estuaries influenced by river and tide. An application in Suances Estuary (Northern Spain)

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 40-51

  Bárcena, Javier F ^a   García, Andrés ^a   Gómez, Aina G ^a   Álvarez, César ^a   Juanes, José A ^a   Revilla, José A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astronomical tide; Flushing time (FT); Modeling; River flow; Suances Estuary (SE); Water bodies

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BATHYMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; MOMENTUM; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CYCLE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CANTABRIA; SPAIN; SUANCES ESTUARY;

EID: 84866903317     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.013     Document Type: Article

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