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Role of advective terms in tidally generated residual circulation
Author(s) -
T. S. Murty,
F. G. Barber,
J. D. Taylor
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1980.25.3.0529
Subject(s) - advection , residual , circulation (fluid dynamics) , computation , nonlinear system , dispersion (optics) , environmental science , mechanics , geology , mathematics , physics , thermodynamics , algorithm , optics , quantum mechanics
Through the use of a numerical model, the role of the nonlinear advective terms in tidally generated residual circulation is explicitly demonstrated. This type of motion has been neglected in computations of dispersion and spreading of surface contaminants.