EC14D:
The Dynamics of Buoyancy Driven Flows in Estuaries and River Plumes and on the Continental Shelf IV Posters


Session ID#: 9605

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, Civil and 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:  Robert D Hetland, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States and Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Robert D Hetland, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States and Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, 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:

 
EC14D-1028
Seasonal effects on estuarine tidal currents and implications for prediction (86946)
Greg Dusek1, Joseph Park2 and Chris L Paternostro1, (1)NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, United States
 
EC14D-1029
Fate of Multiple River Discharges into China Seas (87078)
Hui WU, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
 
EC14D-1030
The mechanism of freshwater extension from the North Channel to the North Branch in the Changjiang Estuary in dry season (87601)
Jianrong Zhu, East China Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, Shanghai, China
 
EC14D-1031
Variability of Circulation in the Pearl River Estuary: Observation and FVCOM Modeling (88575)
Wenfeng Lai, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
 
EC14D-1032
Influence of Ambient Current on the Temperature Increasing Rate of Bottom Cold Water in a Shelf Sea: a Case Study of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan (88592)
Xiaojie Yu1, Xinyu Guo2 and Hidetaka Takeoka1, (1)Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University, Japan, (2)Ehime University, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Matsuyama, Japan
 
EC14D-1033
Effects of tides on the cross-isobath movement of the low-salinity plume in the western Yellow and East China Seas in winter (88670)
Bin Wang, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Japan, Naoki Hirose, Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan, Dongliang Yuan, Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China and Jae-Hong Moon, Jeju National University, Korea, Republic of (South)
 
EC14D-1034
Spatial and Seasonal Distributions of Frontal Activity over the Continental Shelf in the Bay of Biscay - Focus on Density Fronts in Winter (89494)
Özge Yelekçi, IFREMER, DYNECO - Laboratoire de Physique Hydrodynamique et Sédimentaire, Plouzané, France, Guillaume Charria, IFREMER, Plouzané, France, Xavier Capet, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, LOCEAN , IPSL, Paris, France, Gilles P Reverdin, LOCEAN Univ Paris VI boite 100, Paris, France, Joël Sudre, LEGOS/CNRS, SYSCO2, TOULOUSE, France and Hussein Yahia, GeoStat team, INRIA Bordeaux Sud-Ouest, Talence, France
 
EC14D-1035
Impact of the Fraser River Geometry on Tides and the River Plumes in a Model of the Fraser River Plume (89916)
Jie Liu1, Susan Elizabeth Allen2 and Nancy K Soontiens2, (1)University of British Columbia, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
EC14D-1036
The three-dimensional structure of the nose of a buoyant coastal current. (92094)
Robert J Chant, Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
 
EC14D-1037
Fluvial impacts on tidal range, salinity intrusion, and the fresh–saltwater interface. (89953)
Austin Scott Hudson, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
 
EC14D-1038
The Role of Physical Scale in Shear-Stratified Turbulence (88870)
Daniel G MacDonald, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, United States and Mehdi Raessi, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Mechanical Engineering, North Dartmouth, MA, United States
 
EC14D-1039
Drifter measurements of turbulence and mixing in the Snohomish River Plume (90287)
Samuel Evan Kastner1, Alexander Horner-Devine1 and James M Thomson2, (1)University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
 
EC14D-1040
The Dynamics of the Estuary – River Plume Interface (93728)
Alexander Horner-Devine, University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, WA, United States and Anthony Robert Poggioli, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States; Ecole Normal Superior, Paris, France
 
EC14D-1041
A High Resolution Tampa Bay Hydrodynamic Model and its Application to Residence Time Estimation and Salt Balance Diagnosis (90324)
Lianyuan Zheng, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, United States and Robert H Weisberg, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, United States
 
EC14D-1042
Total exchange flow, entrainment and turbulent mixing in a partially stratified estuary (90553)
Tao Wang, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
 
EC14D-1043
Influence of wind and river discharge on the vertical exchange process in the Pearl River Estuary (90622)
Bo Hong, South China University of Technology, School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Guangzhou, China and Shiqiu Peng, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
 
EC14D-1044
Next-generation modeling for buoyancy driven coastal ocean flows (90653)
Tuomas Karna, Oregon Health & Science University, Institute of Environmental Health, Portland, OR, United States and António M Baptista, Oregon Health & Science University, Institute of Environmental Health, Beaverton, OR, United States
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