Tidally influenced alongshore circulation at an inlet-adjacent shoreline

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-38

  Hansen, Jeff E ^a,b   Elias, Edwin ^b,c   List, Jeffrey H ^b   Erikson, Li H ^b   Barnard, Patrick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alongshore momentum balance; Alongshore pressure gradient; Radiation stress gradients; Tidal forcing; Tidal inlet; Tidal pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC TIDE; BEACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SHORELINE; SURF ZONE; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL INLET; WATER DEPTH;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875232464     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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