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Tidal flushing of intracoastal bays
| Title: | Tidal flushing of intracoastal bays. |
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| Name(s): | Smith, Ned P. | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Date Issued: | 1982 | |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Marine Science Institute. | |
| Place of Publication: | Port Aransas, Tex. | |
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| Extent: | 9 p. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | FA00007071 (IID) | |
| Note(s): |
A numerical model is derived which describes the flushing of a coastal bay through tidal exchanges with the adjacent continental shelf. An expression for the renewal of bay water as a function of the number of elapsed tidal cycles involves a series of binomial coefficients which is equal in length to the number of tidal cycles. The model describes temporal variability in bay seltntty.-or any other measure of water quality, and indicates an asymptotic approach to a final value equal to that characteristic of shelf waters. The model is applied to Corpus Christi Bay, along the central Texas Gulf coast, and to Sarasota Bay, on the Gulf coast of Florida. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 303 This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available and may be cited as: Smith, N. P. (1982). Tidal flushing of intracoastal bays. Contributions in Marine Science, 25, 1-12. |
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| Subject(s): |
Corpus Christi Bay (Tex.) Sarasota Bay (Fla.) Bays Tides Continental shelf Estuaries |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00007071 | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
