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In this chapter, the analytic model of circulation and mixing in a well-mixed and laterally homogeneous estuary (Types 1 or D) will be presented.
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Bruner de Miranda, L., Andutta, F.P., Kjerfve, B., de Castro Filho, B.M. (2017). Circulation and Mixing in Steady-State Models: Well-Mixed Estuary. In: Fundamentals of Estuarine Physical Oceanography. Ocean Engineering & Oceanography, vol 8. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3041-3_10
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