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Tidal and low frequency flushing of a coastal lagoon using a flexible grid model
| Title: | Tidal and low frequency flushing of a coastal lagoon using a flexible grid model. |
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| Name(s): | Smith, Ned P., creator | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1996 | |
| Publisher: | American Geophysical Union | |
| Extent: | 14 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3172979 (digitool), FADT3172979 (IID), fau:5718 (fedora), 10.1029/CE050 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Tidal and low frequency nontidal exchanges of water between a coastal lagoon and adjacent continental shelf are investigated within the context of flushing, using a computer model based on the continuity equation. Flushing is quantified by the 50% renewal time. The arrival of new ocean water occurs as a result of longitudinal diffusion and a degree of advective transport governed by the flexibility of segment boundaries to move with the ebb and flood of the tide. The model is applied to the Indian River lagoon system, lying along the Atlantic coast of Florida, USA. An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. This publication may be cited as: Smith, N. P. (1996). Tidal and low frequency flushing of a coastal lagoon using a flexible grid model. In Pattiaratchi, C. (Ed.), Mixing in Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Coastal Estuarine Studies, 50(171-183), doi:10.1029/CE050 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1012. |
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| Subject(s): |
Tides Lagoons Estuaries Inlets Numerical grid generation (Numerical analysis) |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3172979 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/CE050 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1996 American Geophysical Union | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
