Estuary classification revisited

Anirban Guha; Gregory A. Lawrence

doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0129.1

Estuary classification revisited

Anirban Guha (Lead / Corresponding author)
, Gregory A. Lawrence

Civil Engineering

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Abstract

Studies over a period of several decades have resulted in a relatively simple set of equations describing the tidally and width-averaged balances of momentum and salt in a rectangular estuary. The authors rewrite these equations in a fully nondimensional form that yields two nondimensional variables: (i) the estuarine Froude number and (ii) a modified tidal Froude number. The latter is the product of the tidal Froude number and the square root of the estuarine aspect ratio. These two variables are used to define a prognostic estuary classification scheme, which compares favorably with published estuarine data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1566-1571
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Physical Oceanography
Volume	43
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-12-0129.1
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2013

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Estuaries

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Oceanography

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