2007 Volume 54 Pages 626-630
The water depth, flow velocity, salinity and suspended sediment concentration on an intertidal mudflat has been measured since July 2004. The measured time series were analyzed using time averaging to extract the wave components as well as tidal phase averaging to obtain typical variations and variability during the wet cycles. The phase-averaged water fluxes and suspended sediment fluxes were approximately the same as those estimated using the phase-averaged water depth, velocities and concentration. The phase-averaged quantities were used to understandthe temporal variations of the flow and sediment transport during one typical wet cycle, which appeared to be influenced by the local bathymetry and the river discharge.
