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Creator:: Lerczak, James A., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Ralston, David K.
Abstract:: The temporal response of the length of a partially mixed estuary to changes in freshwater discharge Q𝒻 and tidal amplitude Uₜ is studied using a 108-day time series collected along the length of the Hudson River estuary in the spring and summer of 2004 and a long-term (13.4 yr) record...
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Full Text:: scales over which the forc- ing varies (Kranenburg 1986; Hetland and Geyer 2004; MacCready 2007). If

Creator:: Chen, Shih-Nan, Geyer, W. Rockwell, Ralston, David K., and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: Isohaline coordinate analysis is used to compare the exchange flow in two contrasting estuaries, the long (with respect to tidal excursion) Hudson River and the short Merrimack River, using validated numerical models. The isohaline analysis averages fluxes in salinity space rather than in physical space, yielding the isohaline exchange flow...
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Full Text:: with global salt budget is commonly noted in the literature (see review by MacCready and Geyer 2010

Creator:: Ralston, David K., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: A tidally and cross-sectionally averaged model based on the temporal evolution of the quasi-steady Hansen and Rattray equations is applied to simulate the salinity distribution and vertical exchange flow along the Hudson River estuary. The model achieves high skill at hindcasting salinity and residual velocity variation during a 110-day period...
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Full Text:: before the forcing changes (Kranen- berg 1986; MacCready 1999; Hetland and Geyer 2004; Banas et al. 2004

Creator:: Scully, Malcolm E., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: In most estuarine systems it is assumed that the dominant along-channel momentum balance is between the integrated pressure gradient and bed stress. Scaling the amplitude of the estuarine circulation based on this balance has been shown to have predictive skill. However, a number of authors recently highlighted important nonlinear processes...
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Full Text:: estuaries, including the Hudson River, with skill (Geyer et al. 2000; MacCready 2007; Ralston et al. 2008

Creator:: Ralston, David K., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: The tidally varying circulation, stratification, and salt flux mechanisms are investigated in a shallow salt wedge estuary where fluvial and tidal velocities are large and the steady baroclinic circulation is comparatively weak. The study integrates field observations and numerical simulations of the Merrimack River estuary. At moderate to high discharge...
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Creator:: Ralston, David K., Geyer, W. Rockwell, Lerczak, James A., and Scully, Malcolm
Abstract:: Turbulent mixing of salt is examined in a shallow salt wedge estuary with strong fluvial and tidal forcing. A numerical model of the Merrimack River estuary is used to quantify turbulent stress, shear production, and buoyancy flux. Little mixing occurs during flood tides despite strong velocities because bottom boundary layer...
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Full Text:: during flood tides [Peters, 1999; MacCready and Geyer, 2001; Chant et al., 2007]. Turbulence is generated

Creator:: Warner, John C., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Lerczak, James A.
Abstract:: Numerical simulations of the Hudson River estuary using a terrain-following, three-dimensional model (Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS)) are compared with an extensive set of time series and spatially resolved measurements over a 43 day period with large variations in tidal forcing and river discharge. The model is particularly effective at...
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Full Text:: temporal variability of @s/@x due to variations in runoff. Similarly, MacCready [1999] and Hetland and

Creator:: Lerczak, James A., Geyer, W. Rockwell, and Chant, Robert J.
Abstract:: The subtidal salt balance and the mechanisms driving the downgradient salt flux in the Hudson River estuary are investigated using measurements from a cross-channel mooring array of current meters, temperature and conductivity sensors, and cross-channel and along-estuary shipboard surveys obtained during the spring of 2002. Steady (subtidal) vertical shear dispersion,...
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Creator:: Lerczak, James A. and Geyer, W. Rockwell
Abstract:: The dynamics of lateral circulation in an idealized, straight estuary under varying stratification conditions is investigated using a three-dimensional, hydrostatic, primitive equation model in order to determine the importance of lateral circulation to the momentum budget within the estuary. For all model runs, lateral circulation is about 4 times as...
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