A numerical investigation of the influence time distribution in a shallow coastal lagoon environment of the Gulf of California

Montaño-Ley, Yovani; Soto-Jiménez, Martín F.

doi:10.1007/s10652-018-9619-3

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“…The turn‐over time is used to quantify the water exchange, and is defined as the time when the local mass concentration reduces to its 1/ e (i.e., 0.368, where e ≈ 2.718 is the natural constant), as shown in Equation () (He et al, 2021; Montano‐Ley & Federico Soto‐Jimenez, 2019). For a specific location in the estuary, the turn‐over time can be quantified as the duration that the local particle concentration reduces from 1 to its 1/ e (i.e., 0.368).…”

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“…shown in Equation ( 16) (He et al, 2021;Montano-Ley & Federico Soto-Jimenez, 2019). For a specific location in the estuary, the turnover time can be quantified as the duration that the local particle concentration reduces from 1 to its 1/e (i.e., 0.368).…”

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“…The strength of water exchange is influenced by the local hydrodynamic condition, which is determined by the upstream freshwater runoff and downstream sea tide. Many parameters are proposed to quantify the ability of water exchange, including the flushing time, turnover time, exchange rate, and so forth (He et al, 2021; Lv et al, 2016; Montano‐Ley & Federico Soto‐Jimenez, 2019). The freshwater runoff has a vital impact on the water exchange, and the flushing time and turnover time tend to be large with small water exchange in the dry seasons (Liu et al, 2018).…”

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“…Due to the sediment deposition in the river mouth, there exist a number of flats, islets, shoals, and deltas in the estuary. For some estuaries, the river mouth is narrow surrounded by long shoals, forming the estuary bay, gulf and lagoon (Chua & Xu, 2014; Liu et al, 2018; Montano‐Ley & Federico Soto‐Jimenez, 2019). For example, in the Wanquan Estuary Bay (WEB), Hainan Island, China, the cross‐sectional width quickly reduces from ~3 km to only ~300 m near the river mouth (Zhao et al, 2018).…”

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Combined effects of runoff increase and sea level rise on the water exchange and saltwater intrusion for an estuary bay in non‐flood season

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Hydrological Processes

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Estuary bays are vulnerable to salinization effects due to relative sea level rise and modification in upland hydrology owing to a variety of factors. Much research has evaluated the one‐sided effect of runoff discharge or sea level on the water exchange and saltwater intrusion for an estuary, while their combined effects have not been evaluated, especially for an estuary bay with narrow river mouth. Taking the Wanquan Estuary Bay (WEB), China, as study case, this paper has revealed the long‐term significant increasing trend of freshwater runoff in non‐flood season during years 1956–2017 using the Man‐Kendall trend analysis, robust principle component regression and Theil–Sen's estimator. A 3‐D hydrodynamic‐salinity‐tracer numerical model is built and calibrated based on the finite‐volume community ocean model, and the effects of runoff increase and sea level rise on the water exchange and saltwater intrusion are investigated. This paper shows the following: (1) The freshwater runoff during non‐flood season in WEB shows significant long‐term increasing trend, and the mean changing magnitude is 0.4546 m3/s/a. (2) The increased runoff accelerates the water exchange, and reduces the turn‐over time and saltwater intrusion in the WEB. The sea level rise reduces the water exchange and increase the saltwater intrusion. (3) For the estuary bay with narrow river mouth, the salinity distributions show more vertical stratification characteristics. The freshwater runoff has power relationships with the average turnover time and salinity, and the sea level has linear relationships. (4) The water exchange and salinity of an estuary bay is more vulnerable to the changed runoff than the sea level rise, while the impacts of sea level rise would increase for estuaries with wide river mouth. This paper provides support for the freshwater exploitation and utilization in estuary bay under the background of climate change and sea level rise.

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Combined effects of runoff increase and sea level rise on the water exchange and saltwater intrusion for an estuary bay in non‐flood season

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Zhang

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“…J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f force for small lagoons with offshore sizes of less than 3 km (Symonds et al, 1995;Kraines et al, 1998;Lugo-Fernández et al, 2004;Lowe et al, 2009;Lentz et al, 2016a). However, for larger lagoons, the circulation is mainly driven by winds, tides, and buoyancy effects (Balotro et al, 2003;Monismith et al, 2006;Umgiesser et al, 2014;Montaño-Ley and Soto-Jiménez, 2019).…”

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