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Microwave radiometer measurement of tidally induced salinity changes off the Georgia coastA quasi-synoptic survey of tidally induced salinity changes off the Georgia coast was performed by using a L band microwave radiomater onboard a NASA aircraft. Salinity maps were obtained for ebb and flood conditions in order to define the salinity distributions near rivers and sounds and major changes that occur from ebb flow to flood flow. The Savannah River plume dominated the salinity regime and extended out from the Savannah River mouth about 12 km during ebb tidal conditions. The plume merged into a band of low salinity water extending along the Georgia-South Carolina coast which was produced by the many river sources of freshwater entering the coastal waters. The changes in salinity observed offshore of the river plume area were consistent with estimates of the changes that would occur over a typical tidal excursion perpendicular to the observed gradient.
Document ID
19810057663
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kendall, B. M.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Blanton, J. O.
(Skidaway Institute of Oceanography Savannah, GA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
July 20, 1981
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 86
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
81A42067
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-AS09-80EV-1033
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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