Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈b〉Numerical issues of the Total Exchange Flow (TEF) analysis framework for quantifying estuarine circulation〈/b〉〈br〉
Marvin Lorenz, Knut Klingbeil, Parker MacCready, and Hans Burchard〈br〉
Ocean Sci. Discuss., https//doi.org/10.5194/os-2018-147,2019〈br〉
〈b〉Manuscript under review for OS〈/b〉 (discussion: open, 0 comments)〈br〉
Estuaries are areas where riverine and oceanic waters meet and mix. The exchange flow of an estuary describes the water properties of the inflowing and outflowing water. These can be described by simple bulk values for volume fluxes and salinities. This work focuses on the numerics of one computational method for these values, the Total Exchange Flow. We show that only the so called dividing salinity method is able to reliably calculate the correct values, even for complex situations.
Print ISSN:
1812-0784
Electronic ISSN:
1812-0792
Topics:
Geosciences
