The Damariscotta River in midcoast Maine is a weakly stratified estuary characterized by several constrictions and channel bends that affect tidal asymmetry and material transport. Microstructure and current velocity measurements were collected at a cross‐channel transect in the northern reach of the estuary during spring and neap tidal conditions to study the effects of a channel bend immediately upstream of a constricted sill on intratidal dynamics. During the flood phase, a counterclockwise gyre is formed upstream of the headland, which enhances landward‐directed flow in the channel and is countered by seaward‐directed flow over the shallow shoal. Semidiurnal and quarter‐diurnal patterns of lateral advection and stress divergence emerge in the surface layer because of these secondary flows. Lateral advection effects dominate the dynamics in neap tide, and although they are stronger in spring tide, they are partially obscured by bottom friction forces that are proportional to the along‐channel velocity squared. A novel harmonic decomposition technique is introduced to determine the relative importance of advection and stress divergence on quarter‐diurnal velocity generation, and their implications to neap/spring variability in estuarine water quality are discussed.
- Home
- Search Results
- Page 1 of 1
Search for: All records
-
Total Resources1
- Resource Type
-
00000010000
- More
- Availability
-
10
- Author / Contributor
- Filter by Author / Creator
-
-
Bears, Kristopher (1)
-
Huguenard, Kimberly (1)
-
Lieberthal, Brandon (1)
-
Ross, Lauren (1)
-
#Tyler Phillips, Kenneth E. (0)
-
#Willis, Ciara (0)
-
& Abreu-Ramos, E. D. (0)
-
& Abramson, C. I. (0)
-
& Abreu-Ramos, E. D. (0)
-
& Adams, S.G. (0)
-
& Ahmed, K. (0)
-
& Ahmed, Khadija. (0)
-
& Aina, D.K. Jr. (0)
-
& Akcil-Okan, O. (0)
-
& Akuom, D. (0)
-
& Aleven, V. (0)
-
& Andrews-Larson, C. (0)
-
& Archibald, J. (0)
-
& Arnett, N. (0)
-
& Arya, G. (0)
-
- Filter by Editor
-
-
& Spizer, S. M. (0)
-
& . Spizer, S. (0)
-
& Ahn, J. (0)
-
& Bateiha, S. (0)
-
& Bosch, N. (0)
-
& Brennan K. (0)
-
& Brennan, K. (0)
-
& Chen, B. (0)
-
& Chen, Bodong (0)
-
& Drown, S. (0)
-
& Ferretti, F. (0)
-
& Higgins, A. (0)
-
& J. Peters (0)
-
& Kali, Y. (0)
-
& Ruiz-Arias, P.M. (0)
-
& S. Spitzer (0)
-
& Sahin. I. (0)
-
& Spitzer, S. (0)
-
& Spitzer, S.M. (0)
-
(submitted - in Review for IEEE ICASSP-2024) (0)
-
-
Have feedback or suggestions for a way to improve these results?
!
Note: When clicking on a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) number, you will be taken to an external site maintained by the publisher.
Some full text articles may not yet be available without a charge during the embargo (administrative interval).
What is a DOI Number?
Some links on this page may take you to non-federal websites. Their policies may differ from this site.
-
Abstract