Horizontal Characteristics of Buoyant Plume off the Pearl River Estuary during Summer

Ou, Su-Ying., Zhang, Hong., Wang, Dong-Xiao. and He, Jie., 2007. Horizontal characteristics of buoyant plume off the Pearl River Estuary during summer. SI 50 (Proceedings of the 9th International Coastal Symposium), 652 – 657. Gold Coast, Australia, ISSN 0749.0208 Field measurements of salinity from...

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Published in:Journal of coastal research 2007-01, Vol.50 (sp1), p.652-657
Main Authors: Ou, Suying, Zhang, Hong, Wang, Dong-xiao, He, Jie
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
buoyant plume
continental shelf
Pearl River Estuary
river discharge
shape
South China Sea
wind
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Summary:Ou, Su-Ying., Zhang, Hong., Wang, Dong-Xiao. and He, Jie., 2007. Horizontal characteristics of buoyant plume off the Pearl River Estuary during summer. SI 50 (Proceedings of the 9th International Coastal Symposium), 652 – 657. Gold Coast, Australia, ISSN 0749.0208 Field measurements of salinity from 1978 to 1984 are used to investigate the horizontal structure of the Pearl River buoyant plume during high river discharge. According to the characteristics of horizontal salinity distribution in summer, buoyant plumes are classified into four types - offshore bugle spreading (TypeⅠ), west alongshore spreading (TypeⅡ), East offshore spreading (Type Ⅲ), western and eastern alongshore spreading (Type Ⅳ). It is found that the plume shapes vary with time, presenting obvious monthly and annual variations and TypeⅡalways occur in June, while in July the plume type has very high probability belong to Type Ⅲ which controlled by river discharge and local wind.
ISSN:0749-0208
1551-5036
DOI:10.2112/JCR-SI50-123.1