Structure, variability, and salt flux in a strongly forced salt wedge estuary

DK Ralston, WR Geyer… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The tidally varying circulation, stratification, and salt flux mechanisms are investigated in a
shallow salt wedge estuary where fluvial and tidal velocities are large and the steady …

Coupling of sea level rise, tidal amplification, and inundation

RC Holleman, MT Stacey - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
With the global sea level rising, it is imperative to quantify how the dynamics of tidal
estuaries and embayments will respond to increased depth and newly inundated perimeter …

[HTML][HTML] Tidal intrusion within a mega delta: An unstructured grid modelling approach

LM Bricheno, J Wolf, S Islam - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The finite volume community ocean model (FVCOM) has been applied to the Ganges-
Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta in the northern part of the Bay of Bengal in order to …

A finite-element, multi-scale model of the Scheldt tributaries, river, estuary and ROFI

B De Brye, A de Brauwere, O Gourgue, T Kärnä… - Coastal …, 2010 - Elsevier
We report on the development and validation of a coupled two-and one-dimensional finite-
element model for the Scheldt tributaries, river, estuary and region of fresh water influence …

Sensitivity of estuaries to sea level rise: vulnerability indices

D Prandle, A Lane - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2015 - Elsevier
This study addresses the question of how tidally-dominated estuaries will adapt to rises in
mean sea level and changes in river flows associated with global climate change. The aim …

Bathymetric error estimation for the calibration and validation of estuarine hydrodynamic models

L Cea, JR French - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of uncertainty in the definition of bathymetry on the
performance of estuarine shallow water models. A depth-averaged hydrodynamic model is …

Challenges and responses to sea level rise in the context of climate change: A case study of the Paranaguá Estuarine Complex

R Silva, M Noernberg, A Lopes - Ocean and Coastal Research, 2024 - revistas.usp.br
Understanding the dynamics of sea surface variation and its direct effects on the coastal
population has beena central issue of study for oceanography in conjunction with other …

[PDF][PDF] 2.03—The dynamics of strongly stratified estuaries

WR Geyer, DK Ralston - Treatise on estuarine and coastal science, 2011 - whoi.edu
This chapter examines the dynamics of strongly stratified estuaries by addressing the
parameters that lead to strong stratification and by examining the dynamics of different types …

Circulation and mixing along the North Passage in the Changjiang River estuary, China

X Pu, JZ Shi, GD Hu, LB Xiong - Journal of Marine Systems, 2015 - Elsevier
Simultaneous field observations were made of time series of water level, current velocity,
salinity and suspended sediment concentration at ten hydrological gauging stations along …

Implementation of a direct nonhydrostatic pressure gradient discretisation into a layered ocean model

K Klingbeil, H Burchard - Ocean Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for the investigation of nonhydrostatic effects in ocean modelling
requires crucial modifications to models applying the hydrostatic pressure assumption …