Forcing mechanisms of salt intrusion in a low-lying river delta during a prolonged drought
- Tess Wegman
, - Tess M Wegman,
- Julie D Pietrzak,
- Alexander R Horner-Devine,
- Henk A Dijkstra,
- David K Ralston
Tess M Wegman
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Julie D Pietrzak
Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Alexander R Horner-Devine
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
Henk A Dijkstra
Department of Physics, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University
David K Ralston
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Abstract
• On a weekly timescale the river discharge is the best predictor for salt intrusion length. • Variations of salt intrusion length on a timescale of a few days are driven by coastal setup. • Treating distributary side branches separately is crucial to incorporate the importance of downstream salinity variability.19 Sep 2024Submitted to ESS Open Archive 19 Sep 2024Published in ESS Open Archive
