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Article: Structure and flow-induced variability of the subtidal salinity field in northern San Francisco Bay
- Article from:
- Journal of Physical Oceanography
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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CopyrightCopyright American Meteorological Society Nov 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT
The structure of the salinity field in northern San Francisco Bay and how it is affected by freshwater flow are discussed. Two datasets are examined: the first is 23 years of daily salinity data taken by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation along the axis of northern San Francisco Bay; the second is a set of salinity transects taken by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1988 and 1993. Central to this paper is a measure of salinity intrusion, X2: the distance from the Golden Gate Bridge to where the bottom salinity is 2 psu. Using X^sub 2^ to scale distance, the authors find that for most flow conditions, the mean salinity distribution of the estuary is nearly self-similar with a ...