A methodology to estimate renewal time scales in estuaries: The Tagus Estuary case

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-145

  Braunschweig, Frank ^a   Martins, Flávio ^b   Chambel, Paulo ^a   Neves, Ramiro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Estuary modeling; Hydrodynamic model; Lagrangian model; Mohid model; Renewal time scales; Residence times; Tagus Estuary

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; RENEWAL TIME; RESIDENCE TIME; TAGUS ESTUARY;

FLUID DYNAMICS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 8844230094     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-003-0040-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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