[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional observations of tidal plume fronts in estuaries using a synthetic aperture sonar array

TM Marston, C Bassett, DS Plotnick… - The Journal of the …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Synthetic aperture sonar (sas) systems are designed to observe stationary scatterers located
near the sediment interface. Less commonly, a sas system may be used to observe …

Non-hydrostatic simulation of two-layer density stratified flows over a sill

J Shi, D Zhu, Z Cai, X Cao - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The topography between the ocean and marginal sea basins is often complex with narrow
channels and shallow sills. Two-layer exchange flows are usually observed in the channels …

Lateral border of a small river plume: Salinity structure, instabilities and mass transport

A Osadchiev, A Gordey, A Barymova, R Sedakov… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The interfaces between small river plumes and ambient seawater have extremely sharp
horizontal and vertical salinity gradients, often accompanied by velocity shear. It results in …

Kinematics of an ebb plume front in a tidal crossflow

DA Honegger, DK Ralston, J Jurisa… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
X‐band marine radar observations and a hindcast simulation from a 3D hydrostatic model
are used to provide an overview of Connecticut River (USA) ebb plume front expansion into …

Modeling lobe‐and‐cleft instabilities on a river plume

F Shi, A Simpson, TJ Hsu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The lobe‐and‐cleft instability is a widely recognized mechanism leading to along‐front
structure on density current fronts. Early studies based on laboratory and numerical …

Mixing of the Connecticut River plume during ambient flood tides: Spatial heterogeneity and contributions of bottom‐generated and interfacial mixing

MM Whitney, P Spicer, DG MacDonald… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Connecticut River plume is influenced by energetic ambient tides in the Long
Island Sound receiving waters. The objectives of this modeling study are (a) characterizing …

The structure and dynamics of an estuarine tidal intrusion front

WR Geyer, DK Ralston, MC Haller… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tidal intrusion fronts are surface convergences that occur at constrictions in estuaries during
the flood tide, separating incoming higher‐salinity water from lower‐salinity, stratified …

Observations of shoaling and breaking waves in shallow water with different coherent X-band radars

S Støle-Hentschel, PA Catalán… - … on Geoscience and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The study analyzes the microwave imaging of shoaling nearshore surface gravity waves
during the process of steepening and breaking over two beaches for a wide range of …

[PDF][PDF] Breaking and non-breaking waves in the nearshore observed by different coherent X-band radars-Part I Observations

S Støle-Hentschel, PA Catalan, M Streßer… - Authorea …, 2023 - essopenarchive.org
Observations of nearshore waves and wave breaking with two different coherent radars at X-
band and two different beaches are presented and compared. These were mostly under low …