Residual circulation and freshwater transport in the Dutch Wadden Sea: A numerical modelling study

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 611-632

  Duran Matute, M ^a,d   Gerkema, T ^a   De Boer, G J ^b   Nauw, J J ^a   Grawe U ^c  

^a Dept of Physical Oceanography Royal NIOZ ^*  (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MODELING; SIMULATION; TIDAL MODELING; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER FLOW; WIND FIELD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NETHERLANDS; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

EID: 84904364407     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-611-2014     Document Type: Article

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