The vertical structure of time-mean estuarine circulation in a shallow, rotating, semi-enclosed coastal bay: A Liverpool Bay case study with application for monitoring

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 115-126

  Polton, Jeff A ^a   Palmer, Matthew R ^a   Howarth, M J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D model; ADCP; Freshwater plume; HF radar; ROFI; Tidal residual

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; EKMAN LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878383670     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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