Numerical assessment of the impacts of potential future sea-level rise on hydrodynamics of the Yangtze River Estuary, China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 586-597

  Kuang, Cuiping ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Gu, Jie ^b   Zhu, David Z ^c   He, Lulu ^a   Huang, Hongcheng ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

bifurcation point; flow split ratio; flow velocity; Hydrodynamic modeling; shoals; tidal level

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SIMULATION; TIDAL CURRENT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE VELOCITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84900458489     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-13-00149.1     Document Type: Article

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