The interface mixing layer and the tidal dynamics at the eastern part of the Strait of Gibraltar

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 117-118, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-42

  García Lafuente, Jesús ^a   Bruque Pozas, Elisa ^a,b   Sánchez Garrido, José Carlos ^a   Sannino, Gianmaria ^c   Sammartino, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alboran Sea; Entrainment; Hydraulic control; Internal waves; Mixing; Numerical model; Tides

Indexed keywords

ALBORAN SEA; HORIZONTAL ADVECTION; HYDRAULIC CONTROL; HYDRAULIC TRANSITIONS; INTERFACE THICKNESS; INTERNAL WAVES; LARGE AMPLITUDE INTERNAL WAVES; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

AIR ENTRAINMENT; DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; NUMERICAL MODELS; TIDES;

MIXING;

BAROTROPIC TIDE; ENTRAINMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERNAL WAVE; MIXED LAYER; NUMERICAL MODEL; SILL; STRAIT; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER COLUMN;

ALBORAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR;

EID: 84875945697     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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