The estuarine circulation

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 46, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-197

  Geyer, W Rockwell ^a   MacCready, Parker ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange flow; Isohaline coordinates; Parameter space; Residual circulation; Tidal straining

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE FLOW; ISOHALINE COORDINATES; PARAMETER SPACES; RESIDUAL CIRCULATIONS; TIDAL STRAINING;

MIXING;

ESTUARIES;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; GRAVITY FLOW; NONLINEARITY; TIMESCALE; VERTICAL MIXING;

EID: 84891804983     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-010313-141302     Document Type: Article

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