40 likes | 138 Views
Rate of transport for suspended load:. But… remember. Again, we need to be careful of our averaging scales: In the horizontal direction, as both time and space scales get small u’c’ 0 (assuming no gradient in horizontal). Example:
E N D
Rate of transport for suspended load: But… remember
Again, we need to be careful of our averaging scales: In the horizontal direction, as both time and space scales get small u’c’ 0 (assuming no gradient in horizontal)
Example: There have been many studies of the coastal current off northern California that find the mean current ( u ) to be directed to the north in the winter. Can we automatically assume that the net flux of sediment is to the north?