Propagation of tidal waves up in Yangtze Estuary during the dry season

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 6445-6473

  Lu, Sheng ^a   Tong, Chaofeng ^a   Lee, Dong Young ^a   Zheng, Jinhai ^a   Shen, Jian ^b   Zhang, Wei ^a   Yan, Yixin ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

flood dominance; tidal asymmetry; tidal oscillations; tides; Yangtze Estuary

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; FLOOD FREQUENCY; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; STANDING WAVE; TIDAL MODELING; TIDAL RANGE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 84945457822     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010414     Document Type: Article

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