Title :
Current measurements in the North Sea near the entrance of the port of Rotterdam
Author :
Peters, Herman C. ; Deelen, C.
Author_Institution :
North Sea Directorate, Rijkswaterstaat, Rijswijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
At the Dutch coast the Rhine outflow area is a hydrodynamically complex area. There the fresh river water discharges into the Southern North Sea almost perpendicular to the tidal currents that are mainly oriented along shore. As a result the local currents are influenced not only by the tidal forcing, but also to a large extent by strong density effects that can sometimes create a strong stratification
Keywords :
oceanographic regions; rivers; Dutch coast; Hoek van Holland; North Sea; Rhine outflow; circulation; coast; current; density; dynamics; entrance; estuary; fresh river water; freshwater discharge; hydrodynamically complex area; local current; ocean; port of Rotterdam; river; salinity; strong stratification; thermohaline structure; tidal current; tidal forcing; Area measurement; Current measurement; Hafnium; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Mouth; Radar measurements; Rivers; Sea measurements; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Current Measurement, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE Sixth Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5505-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCM.1999.755239
