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A peculiar dispersion of salt, which was found in a partially mixed estuary by long-term continuous measurements of current and salinity and directed outward in the upper layer and inward in the lower layer in summer, is reported and discussed. The cause is estimated to be salinity stratification and wind-driven fluctuations in water near the coast. The general formulation is presented and a great possibility of negative dispersion against the horizontal gradient is pointed out. Dispersion coefficients are also estimated.
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Matsukawa, Y., Matsumura, S. Peculiar dispersion of salt by wind-driven fluctuations in the stratified water near the coast. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 41, 176–180 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111117
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02111117