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Tidal dynamics and low-frequency exchanges in the Aransas Pass, Texas
| Title: | Tidal dynamics and low-frequency exchanges in the Aransas Pass, Texas. |
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| Name(s): | Smith, Ned P., creator | |
| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1979 | |
| Publisher: | Springer Science+Business Media | |
| Extent: | 11 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3174009 (digitool), FADT3174009 (IID), fau:5738 (fedora), 10.2307/1351568 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Current, water level and wind data collected from a study site at the Aransas Pass, Texas, during a 45-day period in mid 1977 are used to describe tidal motions and low-frequency, meteorologically-forced exchanges between the inner shelf and a series of intracoastal bays. Analysis of individual tidal constituents indicates a mixed but principally diurnal tide. Tidal constituents move through the Pass as nearly progressive waves. Asymmetry in the co-oscillating tidal motions is explained as a result of unequal frictional forces acting on flood and ebb currents in the Pass. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com/ and may be cited as: Smith, N. P. (1979). Tidal dynamics and low-frequency exchanges in the Aransas Pass, Texas. Estuaries, 2(4), 218-227. doi:10.2307/1351568 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #128. |
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| Subject(s): |
Tides Continental shelf Bays Estuaries Ocean-atmosphere interaction |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3174009 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1351568 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1979 Estuarine Research Federation | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
