A Semi-Implicit, Three-Dimensional Model for Estuarine ... - USGS

Figure 5.29. Graphs showing computed solution for the 3-dimensional seiching problem
using a viscous, homogeneous fluid .................................................................................138
Figure 5.30. Graphs showing simulated 20-hour time history for seiching of a viscous,
homogeneous fluid...............................................................................................................139
Figure 5.31. Graph showing velocity profiles for the 3-dimensional seiching problem
using a viscous, homogeneous fluid in a 44-kilometer basin and a
vertical eddy viscosity defined by a mixing length formula ..........................................141
Figure 5.32. Graph showing velocity profiles for the 3-dimensional seiching problem
using a viscous, homogeneous fluid in a 44-kilometer basin and a
constant vertical eddy viscosity .......................................................................................141
Figure 5.33. Graphs showing computed solution of the 3-dimensional seiching problem
using a viscous fluid of nonhomogeneous density.........................................................142
Figure A.1. Estuarine reference frame shown fixed to the earth’s surface at latitude φ
and rotating about the earth’s axis with angular velocity Ω.........................................161
Figure A.2. The earth’s rotation causes a centripetal acceleration that affects the local
acceleration of gravity at the earth’s surface .................................................................162
Figure C.1. Definition sketch for the estuarine free surface, bottom, and total depth in a
z-coordinate system.............................................................................................................167
Figure C.2. Schematic of a σ-grid shown in (A) z-coordinate space and
(B) σ -coordinate space ......................................................................................................168
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