Quantifying the residual volume transport through a multiple-inlet system in response to wind forcing:the case of the western Dutch Wadden Sea

In multiple-inlet coastal systems like the western Dutch Wadden Sea, the tides (and their interaction with the bathymetry), the fresh water discharge, and the wind drive a residual flow through the system. In the current paper, we study the effect of the wind on the residual volume transport through the inlets and the system as a whole on both the short (one tidal period) and long (seasonal or yearly) time scales. The results are based on realistic three-dimensional baroclinic numerical simulations for the years 2009–2011. The length of the simulations (over 2000 tidal periods) allowed us to a... Mehr ...