Dynamics of saltwater intrusion in the Modaomen Waterway of the Pearl River Estuary

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1901-1918

  Wang, Biao ^a   Zhu, JianRong ^a   Wu, Hui ^a   Yu, FuJiang ^b   Song, XueJia ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

abnormal characteristic; dynamic mechanism; Modaomen Waterway; Pearl River Estuary; saltwater intrusion

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL CHARACTERISTIC; COASTAL OCEAN MODEL; DYNAMIC MECHANISM; FINITE VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION; MODAOMEN WATERWAY; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PREVAILING WINDS; RESIDUAL CURRENT; RIVER NETWORK; SHALLOW CHANNELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; TIDAL VARIATIONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL ZONE; ESTUARY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; OCEAN TIDE; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND STRESS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 84868094296     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-012-4371-x     Document Type: Article

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