| Abstract: | The effects of river inflow variations on alkalinity/salinity distributions in San Francisco Bay and nitrate/salinity distributions in Delaware Bay are described. One-dimensional, advective-dispersion equations for salinity and the dissolved constituents are solved numerically and are used to simulate mixing in the estuaries. These simulations account for time-varying river inflow, variations in estuarine cross-sectional area, and longitudinally varying dispersion coefficients. The model simulates field observations better than models that use constant hydrodynamic coefficients and uniform estuarine geometry. Furthermore, field observations and model simulations are consistent with theoretical ‘predictions‘ that the curvature of propery-salinity distributions depends on the relation between the estuarine residence time and the period of river concentration variation. ?? 1990. |
| Genre: | Article |
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| Citation Author: | Cifuentes, L. A.; Schemel, L. E.; Sharp, J. H. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Qualitative and numerical analyses of the effects of river inflow variations on mixing diagrams in estuaries; 1990; Article; Journal; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Cifuentes, L. A.; Schemel, L. E.; Sharp, J. H. |
| Citation Start Page: | 411 |
| Citation Volume: | 30 |
| Citation Year: | 1990 |
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| Text: | Qualitative and numerical analyses of the effects of river inflow variations on mixing diagrams in estuaries; 1990; Article; Journal; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Cifuentes, L. A.; Schemel, L. E.; Sharp, J. H. |
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| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1990 00:00 -0600 |
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