TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF THE VERTICAL STRATIFICATION OF A FRONT IN A TIDAL REGION OF FRESH-WATER INFLUENCE (ROFI) SYSTEM

Authors
LAGADEUC Y BRYLINSKI JM AELBRECHT D
Citation
Y. Lagadeuc et al., TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF THE VERTICAL STRATIFICATION OF A FRONT IN A TIDAL REGION OF FRESH-WATER INFLUENCE (ROFI) SYSTEM, Journal of marine systems, 12(1-4), 1997, pp. 147-155
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Oceanografhy,"Geosciences, Interdisciplinary","Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Journal of marine systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
09247963
Volume
12
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
147 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0924-7963(1997)12:1-4<147:TVOTVS>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
In the Dover strait, the ROFI along the French coast is delimited by a front. The variability of the vertical stratification of this front, studied with field data and model, is tidally dependent. The destratif ication always occurs at low water, when the current speed is strong, and the depth the lowest. Stratification occurs under the combined eff ects of a density gradient and the lateral component (seaward) of the tidal current The duration of the stratification is a function of the tidal amplitude. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.