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> Fig. 4. Circulation and momentum balances for idealized inlet III, otherwise same as Fig. 2.
Fig. 3. Circulation and momentum balances for idealized inlet II, otherwise same as Fig. 2.
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Hench
et
al.
/
Continental
Shelf
Research
22
(2002)
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Fig.
4.
Circulation
and
momentum
balances
for
idealized
inlet
III, otherwise
same
as
Fig.
2.
(Figs.
5f
and
g).
The
normal
direction
balances
gradient
(Fig.
5f).
Near
the
inlet
headlands
there
also
show
strong
spatial
variability.
The
centrifu-
is
strong
streamwise
acceleration
as
the
flow
gal
acceleration
versus
lateral
pressure
gradient
enters
the
inlet,
but
strong
deceleration
in
the
momentum
balances
are
clearly
dominant
near
the
immediate
lee of
the
headlands
(Fig.
5e).
The
areas
headlands
(Figs.
5i
and
j).
The
pattern
is
similar
at
of
positive
pressure
gradient
in
the
lee of
the
the
other
end
of
the
inlet
(not
shown).
In
the
center
headlands
are
associated
with
flow
separation.
of
the
inlet,
and
within
the
inlet
straits
is a
region
Further
into
the
inlet
straits,
the
streamwise
of
pressure
gradient
balanced
by
Coriolis
accel-
balance
along
and
across
the
inlet
reverts
to
one
eration.
between
pressure
gradient
and
bottom
friction
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