Ebb stage surface circulation in an estuary by calcium electrode measurement
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Authors
Gibson, David Bruce
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Donner, Warren W.
Date of Issue
1967-06
Date
June 1967
Publisher
Monterey, California. U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
The Calcium Activity Electrode was used to study the ebb stage circulation in a coastal plain estuary. Moss Landing estuary receives a large amount of calcium waste from the manufacture of magnesia brick at the Kaiser Refractory plant located adjacent to one of the tributaries of the estuary. One hundred and eighty-nine water samples were collected and analyzed to provide calcium distribution data at the confluence of three tributaries in the estuary. A continuity model is described that determines the surface layer circulation pattern in the confluence area using the calcium data. The circulation pattern determined by electrode is in good agreement with supporting information provided by current and dye studies in the confluence area.
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Meteorology and Oceanography
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Naval Postgraduate School
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.