Numerical study on mixing and stratification in the Ebb-Dominant Johor Estuary

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 201-215

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

Hydrodynamic model; Johor estuary; salinity distribution; Singapore coastal water; stratification; tidal mixing

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION; FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RICHARDSON NUMBER; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENCE;

JOHOR; MALAYSIA; STRAIT OF SINGAPORE; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84872976643     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-12-00053.1     Document Type: Article

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