TRANSPORT CROSS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF FLORIDA BAY

摘要

Current meter time series, bottom pressure records and acoustic Doppler profiler data assembled from three field studies conducted from 1994 to 1997 are combined with wind data to investigate the transport of water across the open western boundary of Florida Bay. Calculations suggest that the interaction of tidal variations in currents and water Levels along the 81°05'W meridian transports water into Florida Bay at an average rate of 1470 m~3 s~-1. Fortnightly tidal cycles produce variations ranging from 35-150/100 about the mean. At a rate of 1470 m~3 s~-1, water level in the 2219 km~2 area east of the 81°05'W meridian would rise at a rate of 5.7 cm d~-1.