Quantifying the Residence Time and Flushing Characteristics of a Shallow, Back-Barrier Estuary: Application of Hydrodynamic and Particle Tracking Models

Zafer Defne1, Neil K. Ganju1
1U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA, USA

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