On the tidal resonance of the Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world. A key cause for this is the resonance with the dominant semi-diurnal tides. In this paper we use numerical simulations to investigate this resonance. We first vary the frequency on the boundary of the model and examine at which fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gao, C, Adcock, T
Format: Journal article
Published: International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers 2017