A new analytical framework for assessing the effect of sea-level rise and dredging on tidal damping in estuaries

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Cai, Huayang ^a   Savenije, Hubert H G ^a   Toffolon, Marco ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DAMPING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; SEA LEVEL;

ANALYTICAL EQUATIONS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CRITICAL DEPTH; DEPTH VARIATION; FIELD DATA; FRICTION TERM; FULLY NONLINEAR; GENERAL SOLUTIONS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; HYDRAULIC EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; SCHELDT ESTUARY; SEA LEVEL RISE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIDAL DYNAMICS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

ESTUARIES;

AMPLIFICATION; AMPLITUDE; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DAMPING; DREDGING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL CHANNEL;

WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 84866990917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008000     Document Type: Article

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