Wave Effects on Inlet and Bay

Oral

1182 - Time-Varying Wave Effects On Flows And Dynamics At An Unstratified Inlet

Presenting Author(s)

• AW

  Anna Wargula, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  United States Naval Academy

Additional Author #1(s)

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  Britt Raubenheimer, PhD

  Senior Scientist
  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Additional Author #2(s)

• SE

  Steve Elgar

  Senior Scientist
  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Additional Author #3(s)

• JC

  Jia-Lin (Julie) Chen

  National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)

Additional Author #4(s)

• FS

  Fengyan Shi

  Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware

Field observations and numerical simulations are used to evaluate the effects of waves on discharge and circulation, and the relative importance of wave radiation-stress and pressure gradients at an unstratified inlet during and following energetic waves. Tidal asymmetry in wave-induced discharge may be owing to the timing of the storms (and the wave-induced setup), as well as to flood-ebb differences in the response of water levels and flows to the waves. The effects of storm timing and of energetic (4-m high) waves on the discharge and circulation outside the inlet mouth will be discussed.