EC13B:
The Dynamics of Buoyancy Driven Flows in Estuaries and River Plumes and on the Continental Shelf III


Session ID#: 11340

Session Description:
The mixing and dynamics of river water entering the ocean profoundly impacts ecological and physical processes in the estuary and coastal ocean, representing processes at the interface between fresh and ocean waters, and also at the interface between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. The dynamics of buoyancy driven flows are complex due to the large range of scales and include stratified mixing, internal waves and frontal processes, among others. These buoyancy-­driven flows are influenced by many different factors, including freshwater discharge magnitude, winds, surface gravity waves, tides and bathymetry. Understanding the complex dynamics of buoyancy driven flows on the shelf is necessary for appropriate management of these valuable and sensitive coastal ecosystems. We welcome submissions that investigate buoyancy driven flow in estuaries and over the continental shelf over a wide spectrum of scales, including observational, numerical, theoretical, laboratory and remote sensing investigations.
Primary Chair:  Alexander Horner-Devine, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States
Chairs:  Robert D Hetland, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, Daniel G MacDonald, U Mass/Dartmouth-Est&Ocean Sci, Fairhaven, MA, United States and Piero Mazzini, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Moderators:  Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, United States and Piero Mazzini, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, United States and Piero Mazzini, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Index Terms:

4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4528 Fronts and jets [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4558 Sediment transport [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4568 Turbulence, diffusion, and mixing processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • MG - Marine Geology & Sedimentology
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • TP - Turbulent Processes

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

EC13B-01
Variations of Connecticut River Water Pathways and Its Water Age: A Coupled Modeling Study (92272)
Yan Jia and Michael M Whitney, University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States
EC13B-02
Lagrangian Observations of an Ebb Tidal Plume under Low Discharge Conditions, Main Pass, Mobile Bay, AL (93562)
Steven Louis Dykstra, Dauphin Island Sea Lab / University of South Alabama, Marine Sciences, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, Brian Dzwonkowski, University of South Alabama, Department of Marine Sciences, Mobile, AL, United States, Grant Lockridge, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, Stephan J O'Brien, University of Southern Mississippi, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Jeremy David Wiggert, The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
EC13B-03
Double-diffusive sedimentation (93497)
Eckart Heinz Meiburg and Peter Burns, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
EC13B-04
Frontal Dynamics at the Mouth of the Columbia River (93607)
Cigdem Akan1, James C McWilliams2, H Tuba Ozkan-Haller3 and Saeed Moghimi3, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
EC13B-05
The effect of discharge, tides, and wind on lift-off turbulence (76710)
Jianfeng Wang, Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States, Philip M Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, United States, Kelly L Cole, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States and Fei Yu, Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao, China
EC13B-07
The relevance of frontal mixing to the evolution of an energetic tidal river plume (93646)
Joseph T Jurisa, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Jonathan D Nash, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States
EC13B-08
Laterally Divergent, Supercritical Flow Causes Intense Mixing (91720)
W Rockwell Geyer and David K Ralston, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics and Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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