Recent research in estuaries challenges the long-standing paradigm of the gravitationally
driven estuarine circulation. In estuaries with relatively strong tidal forcing and modest …

Recent advances in our understanding of estuarine circulation and salinity structure are
reviewed. We focus on well-and partially mixed systems that are long relative to the tidal …

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 …

This numerical modeling study quantifies for the first time the contribution of various
processes to estuarine circulation in periodically stratified tidal flow under the impact of a …

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 …

Analyses of field observations and numerical model results have identified that sediment
transport in the Hudson River estuary is laterally segregated between channel and shoals …

Abstract The Connecticut River is a tidal salt wedge estuary, where advection of sharp
salinity gradients through channel constrictions and over steeply slo** bathymetry leads to …

Numerical modeling of three-dimensional estuarine circulation is often challenging due to
complex flow features and strong density gradients. In this paper the skill of a specific model …

The temporal response of the length of a partially mixed estuary to changes in freshwater
discharge Q f and tidal amplitude UT is studied using a 108-day time series collected along …

A field experiment was conducted to examine stratified and unstratified curvature-generated
lateral circulation and momentum balances in an estuarine tidal channel. Conductivity …