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WANG Yaping,GAO Shu. 2013. ADCP measurements of suspended sediment flux at the entrance to Jiaozhou Bay, western Yellow Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32(12):96-103
ADCP measurements of suspended sediment flux at the entrance to Jiaozhou Bay, western Yellow Sea
ADCP measurements of suspended sediment flux at the entrance to Jiaozhou Bay, western Yellow Sea
Received:May 18, 2013  Revised:August 20, 2013
DOI:10.1007/s13131-013-0395-0
Key words:ADCP  suspended sediment concentration  grain size  acoustic parameters  Jiaozhou Bay
中文关键词:  ADCP  suspended sediment concentration  grain size  acoustic parameters  Jiaozhou Bay
基金项目:The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 91028006 and 41206046; the Dayang 115 under contact No. DYXM-115-02-3-01.
Author NameAffiliationE-mail
WANG Yaping Ministry of Education Laboratory for Coast and Island Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China  
GAO Shu Ministry of Education Laboratory for Coast and Island Development, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China hyxbe@263.net 
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Abstract:
      The purpose of the present contribution is to explore the technique to use Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) for suspended sediment flux measurements, which may be applied to coastal embayment environments such as estuaries and tidal inlets for sediment exchange and budget studies. Based on tidal cycle measurements from the entrance of Jiaozhou Bay, Shandong Peninsula, eastern China, statistical relationships between the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and ADCP echo intensity output are established. Echo intensity data obtained during an ADCP survey along two cross-sections during a spring tidal phase were transformed into SSC data. The ADCP current velocity and SSC data were then used to calculate the flux of fine-grained sediment. The results show that net sediment transport at the entrance is directed towards the open sea, with an order of magnitude of 103 t per spring tidal cycle; hence, although Jiaozhou Bay is a low SSC environment, the tidally induced suspended sediment transport can be intense.
中文摘要:
      The purpose of the present contribution is to explore the technique to use Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) for suspended sediment flux measurements, which may be applied to coastal embayment environments such as estuaries and tidal inlets for sediment exchange and budget studies. Based on tidal cycle measurements from the entrance of Jiaozhou Bay, Shandong Peninsula, eastern China, statistical relationships between the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and ADCP echo intensity output are established. Echo intensity data obtained during an ADCP survey along two cross-sections during a spring tidal phase were transformed into SSC data. The ADCP current velocity and SSC data were then used to calculate the flux of fine-grained sediment. The results show that net sediment transport at the entrance is directed towards the open sea, with an order of magnitude of 103 t per spring tidal cycle; hence, although Jiaozhou Bay is a low SSC environment, the tidally induced suspended sediment transport can be intense.
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