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Title:	Prototype tidal data analysis for Mississippi Sound and adjacent areas
Authors:	United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mobile District. Outlaw, Douglas G.
Keywords:	Harmonic analysis Tidal circulation
Publisher:	Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.:	Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; CERC-83-1.
Description:	Miscellaneous paper Abstract: Prototype tidal elevation and current data acquired in Mississippi Sound during the spring, summer, and fall of 1980 were analyzed as a part of a study to establish existing hydrodynamic conditions and to estimate changes in tidal and wind-driven circulation patterns for proposed dredged material disposal practices. The results of the prototype tidal data analysis will be used for numerical tidal circulation model calibration and verification. The results also provide a characterization of the tidal regime in the study area. Data were included in the analysis from 22 surface elevation stations, three bottom pressure stations in the Gulf, and 21 velocity stations. Conductivity/temperature transect data were collected for 40 stations at intervals of approximately 3 weeks during the data acquisition period. Tidal analysis results show that the diurnal 01 and K1 surface elevation constituents have the largest amplitude in the Mississippi Sound study area, with an amplitude of approximately 0.5 ft. Principal semidiurnal surface elevation tidal constituents were M2 and S2, with amplitudes of 0.13 ft or less. Minimum salinity levels were observed near Lake Borgne in the western part of the Sound.
Rights:	Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12879
Appears in Collections:	Miscellaneous Paper