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FIG. 10. Circulation and momentum balances for Beaufort Inlet at slack before flood: (a) velocity flux (depth-averaged velocity
multiplied by total water column) vectors interpolated onto uniform 425-m grid for clarity, (b) free-surface elevation with 1-
cm contour intervals, (c) bathymetry with 4-m contour intervals, and (d)(k) shaded contours of individual momentum flux
terms (see text for description).
ly pure progressive wave behavior. We then adjusted the
draulics dominate over broader-scale shelfsound wave
forcing to obtain about 1 m s 1 maximum velocities in
behavior. Model runs with differing inlet aspect ratios
the inlet, and recomputed the corresponding momentum
(i.e., length and width) showed significantly different
balances. There was very little difference in the spatial
balances within the inlets, and these results are reported
patterns of momentum between the standing and pro-
along with a dynamical classification scheme in a com-
gressive waves, and it became clear that local inlet hy-
panion paper (Hench et al. 2002).
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