Author(s): D. C. Van Senden
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Abstract: Field investigations, during summer and autumn, of the tidal jet in Koombana Bay have identified the variable character of the jet produced by different source conditions. In summer the emanating jet and receiving waters are homogeneous and the fl oW structure consists of a vortex pair cap region being fed mass and momentum by the trailing jet. In autumn a small buoyancy flux_ causes the jet to separate from the sloping bottom and a front then spreads nearly radially across the Bay. A model of the homogenous case is presented.
Year: 1985