The tidal flow characteristics around L'Anse du Petit Mitis were described using velocity data from six moored current metres. L'Anse du Petit Mitis is a shallow bay in the lee of the downstream slanting Pointe Mitis. The predominantly M$ sb2$ current showed the following signs of tide induced transient recirculation within the bay: the M$ sb2$ phase within the bay is 65$ sp circ$ ahead of that outside of the bay; the amplitude of the M$ sb4$ and Eulerian mean constituents are relatively large within the bay; and the M$ sb2$ tidal ellipse and the Eulerian mean are oriented towards the tip of Pointe Mitis. The effects of tide induced transient recirculation were not found to extend to the station furthest within the bay. Flow in the bay region was found to be an order of magnitude weaker than the free stream tidal flow.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.23281 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Laval, Bernard E. |
| Contributors | Ingram, Grant (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001475279, proquestno: MM08023, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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