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Burchard, H. (author), Hetland, R.D. (author), Schulz, E. (author), Schuttelaars, H.M. (author)The generation of residual circulation in a tidally energetic estuary with constant longitudinal salinity gradient and parabolic cross section is examined by means of a two-dimensional cross-sectional numerical model, neglecting river runoff and Stokes drift. It is shown how the longitudinal and lateral residual circulation can be decomposed...journal article 2011