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Gravitational Circulation

Gravitational Circulation is a theoretical construct in estuarine dynamics denoting the residual overturning circulation driven by horizontal density gradients, wherein freshwater inflow at the surface and seawater intrusion at depth are maintained by gravitational adjustment and buoyancy-driven pressure gradients.

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Gravitational circulation in straits and estuaries

Donald V. Hansen, Maurice Rattray · Journal of Marine Research · 2021 · 670 citations · Full text

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The Estuarine Circulation

W. Rockwell Geyer, Parker MacCready · Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics · 2013 · 629 citations · Full text

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The Formation of Estuarine Turbidity Maxima Due to Density Effects in the Salt Wedge. A Hydrodynamic Process Study

Hans Burchard, Helmut Z. Baumert · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1998 · 224 citations

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Quantifying the Contributions of Tidal Straining and Gravitational Circulation to Residual Circulation in Periodically Stratified Tidal Estuaries

Hans Burchard, Robert D. Hetland · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2010 · 212 citations

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Sill processes related to deep water renewal in a fjord

W. Rockwell Geyer, G. A. Cannon · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1982 · 181 citations

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Parker MacCready

    University of Washington, United States

    4 publications · 843 citations

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  2. WR
    W. Rockwell Geyer

    Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States

    4 publications · 903 citations

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  3. HB
    Hans Burchard

    Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany

    4 publications · 682 citations

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  4. KW
    Kuo‐Chuin Wong

    University of Delaware, United States

    4 publications · 264 citations

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  5. YH
    Yasha Hetzel

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    3 publications · 67 citations

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Institutions

98

  1. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. National Oceanography Centre

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    482 citations

  3. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    339 citations

  4. University of Delaware

    Newark, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    350 citations

  5. William & Mary

    Williamsburg, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    222 citations

  6. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    394 citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    674 citations

  8. State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics

    Hangzhou, China

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    253 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 17 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    8 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    6 publications · 304 citations

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  4. Limnology and Oceanography

    3 publications · 177 citations

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  5. Geophysical Research Letters

    2 publications · 41 citations

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