Practical Application of Theory for Tidal‐Intrusion Fronts

Environmental and Physical Controls on the Formation and Transport of Blooms of the Dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides Margalef in the Lower Chesapeake Bay and Its Tributaries

“…13; Shen et al 1999) and field observations (Kuo et al 1990) provide evidence for the tidally driven development of a counterclockwise-flowing eddy around Hampton Flats, which regularly develops between late ebb and early flood tide ( Fig. 13; Shen et al 1999).…”

“…The formation of the tidal front and the intensity of the counterclockwise-flowing eddy around Hampton Flats are both enhanced during neap tides as a result of reduced tidal straining and increased stratification (Shen et al 1999). Eddy flow from Hampton Flats can inject particles, Mulholland et al (2009) including plankton, into the area of the strong tidal front centered around Newport News Point, to the west of Hampton Flats (Kuo et al 1990;Shen et al 1999). Saltier, denser water from Hampton Flats submerges below the fresher, less dense water at the frontal boundary and the particles suspended in the water from Hampton Flats become entrained in bottom water, where they are transported upestuary due to gravitational circulation.…”

Flow convergence and stability at a tidal estuarine front: Acoustic Doppler current observations

“…With this approach, information on the three-dimensional structure of the front was derived, and high resolution of across-front gradients in the very near field of the front was achieved. Further description of the frontal system and the regional hydrography has been reported by Ruzecki and Hargis [1989], Byrne et al [1987], Kuo et al [1988Kuo et al [ , 1990a, and Mann [1988…”

Small-Scale Surface Fronts in Estuaries

“…The tidal intrusion front has been well studied theoretically (e.g., Stigebrandt, 1980Stigebrandt, , 1988Kuo et al, 1990) and experi mentally in several estuaries and a sea loch (e.g., Simpson and Nunes, 1981;Booth, 1987;Kuo et al, 1988;Pelegri, 1988;Largier and Taljaard, 1991;Largier, 1992;Marmorino and Trump, 1996;Ferrier and Anderson, 1997;Uncles et al, , 1999Brubaker and Simpson, 1999;Marmorino et al, 1999;Thain et al, 2004). Simpson and Nunes (1981) described an interesting tidal intrusion front in the Seiont Estuary, North Wales, UK, and applied an analysis that is both straightforward and insightful.…”