A numerical study of coupled estuary-shelf circulation around the Pearl River Estuary during summer: Responses to variable winds, tides and river discharge

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 53-64

  Zu, Tingting ^a,b   Gan, Jianping ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; FINANCE; FLOW PATTERNS; RIVERS; TIDES; WIND;

BUOYANCY FORCING; HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; SHELF CIRCULATION; SURFACE FLOW PATTERNS; TWO-LAYER CIRCULATION; WATER EXCHANGE RATES;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84930926823     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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