Observations of wave effects on inlet circulation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-42

  Orescanin, Mara ^a,b   Raubenheimer, Britt ^a   Elgar, Steve ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple inlets; Tidal inlet hydrodynamics; Wave effects on inlets

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BAY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; HURRICANE IRENE 2011; HURRICANE SANDY 2012; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TIDAL INLET; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WAVE FORCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES; VINEYARD SOUND;

EID: 84900825268     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.04.010     Document Type: Article

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