Tides and tidal currents in Ensenada de Ia Paz lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

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Published: Jan 1, 1997
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1997.36.1.619
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Coastal lagoon, tides, tidal currents

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Francisco J. Sandoval
Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
José Gómez-Valdés
Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, B.C., México

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Tides and tidal currents are observed in Ensenada de Ia Paz, a shallow coastal lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The amplitudes of two semidiurnal harmonics increase towards the head and there is a notably phase lag with respect to the mouth in the principal harmonics of surface tide. However, the amplitude of the fortnightly tide decreases toward the head. It is suggested that this behavior is caused by an approximate balance between surface pressure gradient and quadratic bottom friction. The influence of both bottom friction and basin configuration on surface tide are examined with a linear hydrodynamic model. Currents fall into two groups: a tidally-driven inlet flow and an interior flow wherein nonlinearities appear to be important. The relative importance of nonlinear interactions on tidal velocities is analyzed with a simple model.

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Sandoval, F. J., & Gómez-Valdés, J. (1997). Tides and tidal currents in Ensenada de Ia Paz lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Geofisica Internacional, 36(1), 37–47. https://doi.org/10.22201/igeof.00167169p.1997.36.1.619
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