Hourly water levels, collected over a 610-day period from November 1973 to July 1975 on the Gulf coast of Texas, are used in a numerical model to simulate bay-shelf and inter-bay exchanges over time scales ranging from several hours to several months. A one-dimensional, barotropic model describes open-channel flow in response to a slope in the free surface, with accelerations resisted by a quadratic friction term. The model calculates the accumulation of Gulfwater in Corpus Christi Bay, as well as the transport of Gulf water through the bay and into three adjacent sub-estuaries. Time-dependent mixing is incorporated into the calculations by assuming that 15% of the Gulf water entering Corpus Christi Bay during any given hour is retained in the bay.
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University of Texas Marine Science Institute.
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1985
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Hourly water levels, collected over a 610-day period from November 1973 to July 1975 on the Gulf coast of Texas, are used in a numerical model to simulate bay-shelf and inter-bay exchanges over time scales ranging from several hours to several months. A one-dimensional, barotropic model describes open-channel flow in response to a slope in the free surface, with accelerations resisted by a quadratic friction term. The model calculates the accumulation of Gulfwater in Corpus Christi Bay, as well as the transport of Gulf water through the bay and into three adjacent sub-estuaries. Time-dependent mixing is incorporated into the calculations by assuming that 15% of the Gulf water entering Corpus Christi Bay during any given hour is retained in the bay.
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution 463
This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at and may be cited as: Smith, N. P. (1985). Numerical simulation of bay-shelf exchanges with a one-dimensional model. Contributions in Marine Science, 28, 1-13.
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1985
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1985
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1985
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Smith, Ned P.
nsmth54@fau.edu
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14 p.
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Numerical simulation of bay-shelf exchanges with a one-dimensional model
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1985
University of Texas Marine Science Institute.
Port Aransas, Tex.
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Port Aransas, Tex.
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Numerical simulation of bay-shelf exchanges with a one-dimensional model
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Numerical simulation of bay-shelf exchanges with a one-dimensional model