Ebb-Jet Dynamics and Transient Eddy Formation at Tauranga Harbour: Implications for Entrance Channel Shoaling

• Published in: Journal of coastal research Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 234 - 247
• Main Authors: Spiers, Kyle C., Healy, Terry R., Winter, Christian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Fort Lauderdale Coastal Education and Research Foundation 01.01.2009; Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF); Allen Press Inc
• Subjects: Channels; Coastal hydrodynamic modelling; Coastal zone management; Data collection; Deltas; Dredging; Eddies; eddy formation; Entrances; Flow velocity; Fluid dynamics; Harbors; Harbours; Headlands; Inlets; Littoral drift; Marine; Modeling; navigation channel shoaling; RESEARCH PAPERS; Sand; Sediment transport; Sediments; Simulations; Studies; Throat; Tidal currents; Tidal inlets; PSE, New Zealand, North I., Bay of Plenty; PSE, New Zealand, North I., Bay of Plenty, Tauranga, Tauranga Harbour

In 1992 the entrance channel through the tidal inlet to Tauranga Harbour, which is located along the Bay of Plenty littoral drift system, was deepened from 10 m to 14 m. The deepened channel has become a sediment trap for littoral drift bypassing and tidal current driven sediment transport through t...