Abstract
Analysis of current and salinity time series from early 1982 over the inner shelf near the Texas-Louisiana border indicates a rapid freshening of the coastal current waters in response to the discharge of the Mississippi River. Coherence between records is surprisingly poor, although cross-shelf advection of the salinity front by tidal advection appears to be an important local process.
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Wiseman, W.J., Kelly, F.J. Salinity variability within the Louisiana coastal current during the 1982 flood season. Estuaries 17, 732–739 (1994). https://doi.org/10.2307/1352743
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