CT River Plume

These are model results for Connecticut River Plume (completed by Yan Jia).

Figure 5 from proposal: Evolution of the Connecticut River plume over a tidal cycle simulated at 166-m horizontal resolution Surface salinities are shown for summer low-discharge and light winds.

 

CT River dye during Summer low discharge, Spring tides (20-m model)

 

Bathymetry at CT River Mouth and to the East.
Bathymetry at CT River mouth and to the west.

 

Some helpful references:

Garvine 1977

O’Donnell 1990

O’Donnell et al 1998

Ralston et al 2016

Jia and Whitney 2019