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Transport And Fate Of River Discharge On The Continental Shelf Of The Southeastern United States, J. O. Blanton, L. P. Atkinson
Transport And Fate Of River Discharge On The Continental Shelf Of The Southeastern United States, J. O. Blanton, L. P. Atkinson
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We have analyzed 8 years of wind and salinity data from a frontal zone in a region of the inner continental shelf off the southeastern United States. The changes in low‐salinity water stored in the frontal zone have been parameterized by analyzing the monthly rate of change in freshwater content. When the rate of change in freshwater content was negative, we interpreted this as a loss of low‐salinity water from the frontal zone. When this parameter was compared with seasonally averaged alongshore wind stress, the rate of loss was independent of the alongshore wind stress magnitude until threshold of about …