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CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
卷 106, 期 -, 页码 45-59出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.06.001
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Inter-basin communication; Residual fluxes; Subtidal drivers; Tidal divide; Tidal inlet; Back-barrier tidal basin
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- WIMO
- ministry in Lower Saxony
- ministry in Germany
- Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Protection
- Ministry of Science and Culture
The residual circulation in lagoon-type multiple-inlet systems is primarily driven by the non-linear interaction of the offshore tides, wind-induced currents and the morphology of communicating sub-basins. Residual discharges at tidal inlets and across tidal divides of a chain of back-barrier basins are calculated with a process-based hydrodynamic model in the East Frisian Wadden Sea, southern North Sea. Nonlinear mechanisms of dominant water fluxes between the sub-basins and the coastal sea are deciphered with respect to tidal and meteorological drivers. The orientation of residual pathways of annually-integrated water fluxes is consistent and similar for variable model scenarios, i.e. meteorological forcing, an imposed sea level rise or different bed friction coefficients, which permits the identification of dominant residual circulation cells in the system. It is further shown that the multi-basin system imports a substantial surplus of water from the western and eastern boundaries of the East Frisian Wadden Sea having an impact on the mass budget of the interconnected basins that has been underestimated so far in hydrological, sedimentological and ecosystem studies. The implications for the accumulation of fine-grained sediments, flushing capacities (residence times) and nutrient cycles in the Wadden Sea area are discussed. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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