Author(s): Takehito Horie; Hideto Kamada; Keishou Nirei; Takayuki Sasaki; Kouji Hashimoto; Seiji Nakamura
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Keywords: Flood tidal shoals; Tidal current; Wind wave; Video monitoring
Abstract: Recently, the flood tidal sand bars have been developed at the entrance channel of Toufutsu Lake located along Okhotsk Sea in Hokkaido, and they affect flood control, inland water fisheries in lake, and so forth. In this study, we aimed to reveal the developmental process of sand bars by observations, which are velocity observation, water level observation, bed material investigation and video monitoring. Followings were major accomplishments of this study. (1) The maximum magnitude of reverse velocity at St. 400 in the entrance channel during the periods of flood-tide was faster than that of normal velocity during the periods of ebb-tide. (2) The relationship between velocity at SP400 and friction velocity at SP400 during the periods of flood-tide is different from that during the periods of ebb-tide. (3) The flood tidal sand bars at the entrance channel of Toufutsu Lake were developed by not only sea waves, but also adverse tidal current in the spring-tide.
Year: 2014