7 Summary, conclusions and outlook
7.2 Outlook
7.2 Outlook
7. Studying the impact of wind on the gravity currents and salinity transport in tideless estuaries
8. The model is also suitable for investigating the spreading of brine from desalinization (Shehata, 2014; Shehata et al., 2015)
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