Hydrodynamic timescales in a hyper-tidal region of freshwater influence

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-22

  Phelps, Jack J C ^a   Polton, Jeff A ^a   Souza, Alejandro J ^a   Robinson, Leonie A ^b  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; CART; Coastal; Flushing time; Liverpool Bay; Residence time

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; COASTAL ZONE; FRESHWATER INPUT; GAUGE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE TIME; RIVER FLOW; SALINITY; TIDAL INLET; TIMESCALE;

ENGLAND; LIVERPOOL BAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84878405385     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Arakawa A., Lamb V.R. Computational design of the basic dynamical processes of the UCLA generic circulation model. Methods of Computational Physics 1977, 17:173-265.
2. Bowden K. Horizontal mixing in the Sea due to a shearing current. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1965, 21:83-95.
3. Bowden K.F. Physical Oceanography of the Irish Sea. Fishery Investigation Series 2 1955, 18:1-67.
4. Burchard H., Bolding K. Comparative analysis of four second-moment turbulence closure models for the oceanic mixed layer. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2001, 31:1943-1968.
5. Canuto V., Howard A., Cheng Y., Dubovikov M. Ocean turbulence, part I. one-point closure model-momentum and heat vertical diffusivities. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2001, 31:1413-1426.
6. CEH, 2003. Derivation of daily outflows from hydrometric areas. Technical Report. CEH Wallingford.
7. Collela P., Woodward P. The piecewise parabolic method (PPM) for gas-dynamical simulations. Journal of Computational Physics 1984, 54:174-201.
8. Dabrowski T., Hartnett M. Modelling travel and residence times in the eastern Irish Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2008, 57:41-46.
9. Dabrowski T., Hartnett M., Olbert A.I. Influence of seasonal circulation on flushing of the Irish Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 2010, 60:748-758.
10. Deleersnijder E., Campin J., Delhez E. The concept of age in marine modelling I. Theory and preliminary model results. Journal of Marine Systems 2001, 28:229-267.
11. Delhez E., Heemink A., Deleersnijder E. Residence time in a semi-enclosed domain from the solution of an adjoint problem. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 2004, 61:691-702.
12. Delhez E.J.M., Campin J.M., Hirst A.C., Deleersnijder E. Toward a general theory of the age in ocean modelling. Ocean Modelling 1999, 1:17-27.
13. Galperin B., Kantha L., Hassid S., Rosati A. A quasi-equilibrium turbulent energy-model for geophysical flows. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 1988, 45:55-62.
14. Gowen R., Mills D., Trimmer M., Nedwell D. Production and its fate in two coastal regions of the Irish Sea. the influence of anthropogenic nutrients. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 2000, 208:51-64.
15. Greenwood N., Hydes D.J., Mahaffey C., Wither A., Barry J., Sivyer D.B., Pearce D.J., Hartman S.E., Andres O., Lees H.E. Spatial and temporal variability in nutrient concentrations in Liverpool Bay, a temperate latitude region of freshwater influence. Ocean Dynamics 2011, 61:2181-2199.
16. Hallegraeff G. A review of harmful algal blooms and their apparent global increase. Phycologia 1993, 32:79-99.
17. Heaps N.S. Estimation of density currents in the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish Sea. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 1972, 30:132-415.
18. Holt J., James I. A simulation of the Southern North Sea in comparison with measurements from the North Sea project. Part 1. Temperature. Continental Shelf Research 1999, 19:1087-1112.
19. Holt J., James I. A simulation of the southern North Sea in comparison with measurements from the North Sea Project part 2 suspended particulate matter. Continental Shelf Research 1999, 19:1617-1642.
20. Holt J., James I. An s coordinate density evolving model of the northwest European continental shelf-1, model description and density structure. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 2001, 106:14015-14034.
21. James I. Advection schemes for shelf sea models. Journal of Marine Systems 1996, 8:237-254.
22. Jefferies D., Steele A., Preston A. Further studies on the distribution of CS-137 in British coastal waters 1. Irish Sea. Deep-Sea Research Part A-Oceanographic Research Papers 1982, 29:713-738.
23. Kvalseth T. Cautionary note about R2. American Statistician 1985, 39:279-285.
24. Mercier C., Delhez E.J.M. Consistent computation of the age of water parcels using CART. Ocean Modelling 2010, 35:67-76.
25. Monsen N., Cloern J., Lucas L., Monismith S. A comment on the use of flushing time, residence time, and age as transport time scales. Limnology and Oceanography 2002, 47:1545-1553.
26. Murakami K. Tidal exchange mechanism in enclosed regions. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Hydraulic Modelling of Coast Estuary and River Waters 1991, 2:111-120.
27. Olbert A.I., Hartnett M., Dabrowski T., Mikolajewicz U. Long-term inter-annual variability of a cyclonic gyre in the western Irish Sea. Continental Shelf Research 2011, 31:1343-1356.
28. Polton, J.A., Palmer, M.R., Howarth, M. The vertical structure of time-mean estuarine circulation in a shallow, rotating, semi-enclosed coastal bay: a Liverpool Bay case study with application for monitoring. Continental Shelf Research, in press, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.03.004.
29. Polton J.A., Palmer M.R., Howarth M.J. Physical and dynamical oceanography of Liverpool Bay. Ocean Dynamics 2011, 61:1421-1439.
30. Schindler D.W. Recent advances in the understanding and management of eutrophication. Limnology and Oceanography 2006, 51:356-363.
31. Simpson J. Physical processes in the ROFI regime. Journal of Marine Systems 1997, 12:3-15.
32. Simpson J., Brown J., Matthews J. Tidal straining, density currents, and stirring in the control of estuarine stratification. Estuaries 1990, 13:125-132.
33. Souza A., Simpson J. The modification of tidal ellipses by stratification in the Rhine ROFI. Continental Shelf Research 1996, 16:997-1007.
34. Takeoka H. Fundamental concepts of exchange and transport time scales in a coastal sea. Continental Shelf Research 1984, 3:311-326.
35. Verspecht, F., Rippeth, T.P., Howarth, M.J., Souza, A.J., Simpson, J.H., Burchard, H., 2009a. Processes impacting on stratification in a region of freshwater influence: application to Liverpool Bay. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans 114.
36. Verspecht F., Rippeth T.P., Simpson J.H., Souza A.J., Burchard H., Howarth M.J. Residual circulation and stratification in the Liverpool Bay region of freshwater influence. Ocean Dynamics 2009, 59:765-779.
37. Waugh D., Haine T., Hall T. Transport times and anthropogenic carbon in the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research Part I-Oceanographic Research Papers 2004, 51:1475-1491.
38. Zhang W.G., Wilkin J.L., Schofield O.M.E. Simulation of water age and residence time in New York Bight. Journal of Physical Oceanography 2010, 40:965-982.
39. Zimmerman J. Mixing and flushing of tidal embayments in the Western Dutch Wadden Sea, part 1. Distribution of salinity and calculation of mixing time scales. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research 1976, 10:149-191.