Sediment Transport at Density Fronts in Shallow Water

Abstract

The goal of this research is to quantify through observations and modeling how density fronts in shallow estuarine flows impact the mobilization, redistribution, trapping, and deposition of suspended sediment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2012
Accession Number
ADA572950

Entities

People

  • David K Ralston

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Asymmetry
  • Bathymetry
  • Grids
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Gradients
  • Puget Sound
  • Regions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Shallow Water
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Transport Ships
  • Underwater Acoustics
  • Water

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers