Galveston Bay dynamics under different wind conditions

• Autorzy: Salas-Monreal D. , Anis A. , Salas-de-Leon D. A.

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DOI

10.1016/j.oceano.2017.10.005

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) was used to simulate flow and hydrographic (temperature, salinity) patterns in a shallow, relatively flat-bottomed estuary with two subestuaries, one with an elongated shape and the other with a roughly circular shape. Simulations were used to elucidate the wind stress effect on a tidally formed cyclonic gyre in Galveston Bay, Texas (USA). The form factor suggests that Galveston Bay is a mixed, mainly diurnal system with tides that propagate out of phase by less than 1 h from side to side of the estuary. Temperature and salinity patterns suggest that the influence of the estuary extends oceanward, up to a distance commensurate with the 14 m depth isobath (∼10 km offshore), during a diurnal tidal cycle. A tidally generated cyclonic gyre was observed to form in the circular subestuary, suggesting that this region may be more productive than others. This tidally formed gyre appeared to weaken and even disappear under certain wind stress conditions. Simulations suggest that the entire bay was able to flush only under northeasterly wind conditions, while for all other wind directions (northwesterly, southeasterly and southwesterly), the water appeared to pile up in the circular subestuary. Furthermore, most of the ocean-bay exchange was found to occur through the north entrance to the bay where the effects of the gyre were observed. Thus, it is expected that much of the exchange of water-borne substances, pollutants and plankton between the bay and the ocean occurs through this entrance.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

suspended particle dispersion; shallow estuarine dynamics; Galveston Bay dynamics; ocean shallow water gyres

• Wydawca: Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oceanology ; Elsevier
• Czasopismo: Oceanologia
• Rocznik: 2018
• Tom: No. 60 (2)
• Strony: 232--243
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 47 poz., mapy, tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Salas-Monreal D.

• Universidad Veracruzana, Boca del Rio, Mexico

autor

Anis A.

• Texas A&M University, Galveston, USA

autor

Salas-de-Leon D. A.

• National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, Mexico

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2018).