Document of bibliographic reference 241738

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Bibliographic resource

Type of document

Journal article

BibLvlCode

AS

Title

A geometric method to study water and sediment exchange in tidal harbors

Abstract

The exchange flow of water and sediment between a harbor and the surrounding waters can be geometrically decomposed into three main components: tidal filling, horizontal, and vertical exchange flows. The method is applied to analyze available measurements at two important harbor basins in Belgium. The geometric analysis can also be applied to the results of a numerical model of hydrodynamics and sediment transport, provided it has sufficient horizontal, vertical, and temporal resolutions to capture the dynamics at the harbor mouth. As such, it can be used as a tool in model calibration. The presented method can provide some insight into the complex relationship (phasing and spatial correlations) between hydrodynamics and sediment concentration that determines harbor siltation.

WebOfScience code

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000344167300007

Bibliographic citation

Vanlede, J.; Dujardin, A. (2014). A geometric method to study water and sediment exchange in tidal harbors. Ocean Dynamics 64(11): 1631-1641. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-014-0767-9

Topic

Marine

Is peer reviewed

true