TY - JOUR
TI - Tidal Flows in Te Aumiti (French Pass), South Island, New Zealand
AU - Stevens, C
AU - Sutton, P
AU - Smith, M
AU - Dickson, R
T2 - New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
AB - Observations of tidal flows in Te Aumiti (French Pass), the fastest such flows in New Zealand, were conducted in 2006 using a vessel‐mounted acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP), pressure sensors, a current meter mooring, drifters, and microwave radar. The suite of measurements revealed spring tide currents exceeding 4 m s‐1, but only in the throat of the pass. The pressure sensors either side of the pass indicated a phase‐shift in the tide of 26 min. Drifters illustrated eddying motion, with the deep scour hole on the NE side of the narrows forming a focal point on both phases of the tide. Notably, the drifters also provided evidence of an upstream eddy in the same location during southwestward flows. The ADCP recorded vertical flows of up to 0.6 m s‐1. The flow was subcritical as defined by external and internal Froude numbers, and scaling analysis suggests that the driving pressure gradient was balanced by the acceleration.
DA - 2008/11//
PY - 2008
VL - 42
IS - 4
SP - 451
EP - 464
UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00288330809509973
DO - 10.1080/00288330809509973
LA - English
KW - Marine Energy
KW - Tidal
ER -