Temporal and spatial variability of tidal-fluvial dynamics in the St. Lawrence fluvial estuary: An application of nonstationary tidal harmonic analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5724-5744

  Matte, Pascal ^a   Secretan, Yves ^a   Morin, Jean ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

nonstationary harmonic analysis; NS TIDE; river tides; St. Lawrence fluvial estuary; tidal propagation model; tidal fluvial processes

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; RIVER FLOW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL CYCLE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO; OTTAWA RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 84927657500     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009791     Document Type: Article

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