Weather induced subtidal flows through multiple inlets of an arctic microtidal lagoon

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摘要 Estuarineprocessesinthearcticlagoonsareamongtheleaststudiedbutimportantsubjects,especiallyconsideringtherapidwarmingofarcticwaterwhichmaychangethelengthofice-freeperiodinthesummer.Inthispaper,wind-drivenexchangeflowsinthemicro-tidalElsonLagoonofnorthernAlaskawithmultipleinletsofcontrastingwidthsanddepthsarestudiedwithinsituobservations,statisticalanalysis,numericalexperiments,aregressionmodelonthebasisofdynamics,andremotesensingdata.WatervelocityprofileswereobtainedfromabottomdeployedacousticDopplercurrentprofiler(ADCP)inthenorthwesternEluitkakPassconnectingtheBeaufortSeatotheElsonLagoonduringa4.9dayice-freeperiodinthesummerof2013.Thesubtidalflowisfoundcorrelatedwithwind(R~2value~96%).Frequentlyoccurringeast,northeastandnorthwindsfromthearcticatmospherichigh-andlow-pressuresystemspushwaterfromtheBeaufortSeaintothelagoonthroughthewideinletsontheeasternsideofthelagoon,resultinginanoutwardflowagainstthewindatthenarrownorthwesterninlet.Thecounter-windflowisaresultofanunevenwindforcingactingthroughtheasymmetricinletsanddepth,aneffectof'torque'orvorticity.Undernorthwestwind,theexchangeflowatthenorthwesterninletreversesitsdirection,withinwardflowsthroughtheupwindnorthwesterninletandoutwardflowsthroughthedownwindeasterninlets.AregressionmodelisestablishedbasedonthemomentumequationsandTaylorseriesexpansions.ThemodelisusedtopredictflowsinJulyandAugustof2015andJulyof2017,supportedbyavailableLandsatsatelliteimages.About73%–80%ofthetimetheflowsatEluitkakPassareoutofElsonLagoonforthesummerof2015and2017.Numericalexperimentsareconductedtocorroboratethefindingsandillustratetheeffectsundervariouswindconditions.Aquasi-steadystatebalancebetweenwindforceandsurfacepressuregradientisconfirmed.
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出处 《海洋学报:英文版》 2019年3期
出版日期 2019年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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