Laboratory modelling of the effects of temporal changes of estuarine-fresh-water discharge rates on the propagation speed of oceanographic coastal currents

DOI10.1017/S0022112010004702zbMath1221.76008OpenAlexW2107911203MaRDI QIDQ3173359

Peter J. Thomas, Paul Fredrick Linden

Publication date: 27 September 2011

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112010004702

zbMATH Keywords

rotating flowsgravity currentsgeophysical and geological flows

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Experimental work for problems pertaining to fluid mechanics (76-05) General theory of rotating fluids (76U05)

Cites Work

• Rotating gravity currents: small-scale and large-scale laboratory experiments and a geostrophic model
• Buoyant gravity currents along a sloping bottom in a rotating fluid
• Laboratory experiments simulating a coastal river inflow

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