Tidal bores: mascaret on the Dordogne river - France (5)
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Dordogne river - France (5)
Description
Tidal bores (mascaret, pororoca). Mascaret on the Dordogne river, at Vayres (au port de St Pardon, France). Tidal bore on 21 Feb. 2004: arriving bore (surge Froude number about 1.05 to 1.1) at St Pardon.
Copyright
Hubert Chanson, Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
This web site was launched by Prof. Michele Mossa of the Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) with the initial support of Fondazione Caripuglia, Bari, Italy for the Research Project LIC-MON of 2003 and of the Project IMCA (Integrated Monitoring of Coastal Areas) financed by MIUR PON D.M. 593/00. Later, the initiative was supported with other Prof. Michele Mossa’s funds, most recently provided by the RITMARE Project.
Tidal bores: mascaret on the Dordogne river - France (5)
