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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-1177-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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18 Mar 2016
Research article |
| 18 Mar 2016
Analytical approach for determining the mean water level profile in an estuary with substantial fresh water discharge
Huayang Cai
Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology, Guangzhou 510275, China
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Chenjuan Jiang
School of Hydraulic, Energy and Power Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225127, China
Lili Zhao
State Key Laboratory of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
Qingshu Yang
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Estuarine Hydraulic Technology, Guangzhou 510275, China
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In this paper, an analytical model for tide-river dynamics has been used to understand the influence of tide and fresh water discharge on the rise of mean water level along the estuary, which remains poorly understood. It is shown that the mean water level is influenced primarily by the tide-river interaction in the tide-dominated region, while it is mainly controlled by the river flow in the upstream part of the estuary.
In this paper, an analytical model for tide-river dynamics has been used to understand the...
