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9 - Fronts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
Arnoldo Valle-Levinson
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University of Florida
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This chapter describes fronts in, or originating from, semienclosed basins. It begins proposing a general definition of a front and then presents possible spatial and temporal scales attributable to these features. It proposes arguments that support possible values for vertical velocities at fronts. This chapter discusses different types of fronts arising from the conservation equation for property C, which can be salinity, or density, or any dissolved or suspended material. Such different types of fronts are plume and tidal intrusion front, mixing (mostly tidal) fronts, and shear fronts. Concepts in the chapter refer to fronts in semienclosed basins and in coastal oceans, although, in some instances, the concepts may be applicable to oceanic regions.

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plumetidal intrusionshear frontsmixing fronts
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Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics , pp. 155 - 169
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Garvine, R.W. (1995) A dynamical system for classifying buoyant coastal discharges. Continental Shelf Research 15(13): 1585–1596.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Horner-Devine, A.R., Hetland, R.D., and MacDonald, D.G. (2015) Mixing and transport in coastal river plumes. Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech. 47(1): 569–594.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
O’Donnell, J. (1993) Surface fronts in estuaries: A review. Estuaries 16: 12–39.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
O’Donnell, J. (2010) The dynamics of estuary plumes and fronts. In Contemporary Issues in Estuarine Physics. Edited by Valle-Levinson, A., pp. 186–246. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Fronts
  • Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, University of Florida
  • Book: Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974240.010
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  • Fronts
  • Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, University of Florida
  • Book: Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974240.010
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  • Fronts
  • Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, University of Florida
  • Book: Introduction to Estuarine Hydrodynamics
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108974240.010
Available formats
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