Some results of a diffusion experiment at a river plume front

1986 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hjalmar Franz ◽  
Holger Klein
Keyword(s):  
River Plume ◽  
Diffusion Experiment ◽  
Plume Front

Observation of the supercritical Pearl River plume front under the downwelling-favorable winds

2015 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 2059-2066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Bai ◽  
YanZhen Gu ◽  
Lin Luo ◽  
WanLei Zhang ◽  
KaiGuo Fan
Keyword(s):  
River Plume ◽  
Pearl River ◽  
Plume Front

scholarly journals Convergence and Downwelling at a River Plume Front

1998 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 1481-1495 ◽  
Author(s):  
James O’Donnell ◽  
George O. Marmorino ◽  
Clifford L. Trump
Keyword(s):  
River Plume ◽  
Plume Front

scholarly journals The shelf sources of estuarine inflow

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Brasseale ◽  
Parker MacCready
Keyword(s):  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
River Plume ◽  
Single Frequency ◽  
Shelf Water ◽  
Exchange Flow ◽  
Plume Front ◽  
Inflow Problem ◽  
The Right ◽  
Simple Models

AbstractThe inflow to an estuary originates on the shelf. It flushes the estuary and can bring in nutrients, heat, salt, and hypoxic water, having consequences for estuarine ecosystems and fjordic glacial melt. However, the source of estuarine inflow has only been explored in simple models that do not resolve interactions between inflow and outflow outside of the estuarine channel. This study addressed the estuary inflow problem using variations on a three-dimensional primitive equation model of an idealized estuarine channel next to a sloping, unstratified shelf with mixing provided by a single frequency, 12-hour tide. Inflow was identified using particle tracking, momentum budgets, and Total Exchange Flow. Inflow sources were found in shelf water downstream of the estuary, river plume water, and shelf water upstream of the estuary. Downstream is defined here with respect to the direction of coastal trapped wave propagation, which is to the right for an observer looking seaward from the estuary mouth in the northern hemisphere. Downstream of the estuary and offshore of the plume, the dynamics were quasi-geostrophic, consistent with previous simple models. The effect of this inflowing current on the geometry of the river plume front was found to be small. Novel sources of inflow were identified which originated from within the plume and upstream of the estuary.

scholarly journals Small-scale effects of a river plume front on the distribution of salps and doliolids

2015 ◽  
pp. fbv085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Höfer ◽  
Nicolás Weidberg ◽  
Axayacatl Molina-Ramírez ◽  
Andrés Cañas-Rueda ◽  
Lucía García-Flórez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scale Effects ◽  
River Plume ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Plume Front
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