Open AccessTHE EXCHANGE OF HATER IN FJORDS: A SIMPLE MODEL OF TWO-LAYER ADVECTIVE REACHES SEPARATED BY MIXING ZONES
Author(s) -
E.D. Cokelet,
R.J. Stewart,
C.C. Ebbesmeyer
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v19.208
Subject(s) - fjord , mixing (physics) , advection , environmental science , current meter , reflux , pollutant , tracer , salinity , atmospheric sciences , geology , chemistry , oceanography , physics , thermodynamics , medicine , disease , organic chemistry , pathology , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
He propose a model for the two-layer, mean transport within a branched, recirculating fjord system. The recirculation is parameterized in terms of efflux/reflux coefficients at distinct mixing zones. The mass fluxes and efflux/reflux coefficients are determined from long-term salinity and current meter observations. The model provides a way to predict the mean concentrations of pollutants introduced within the system. An application to Puget Sound shows that different discharge sites markedly affect the concentrations landward of the sites themselves.