The ratio of vertically averaged to oceanic salinity in positive estuaries as a function of normalised distance for different values (green) of F = a(H/ζ) R/V.

x/L = 0 is at the head of the estuary, x/L = 1 at the mouth. Red dots give observational data from Alberni Inlet (Canada), blue dots give data from the Raritan River (USA).

© 1998 M. Tomczak

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