Salinity Calculations in the Jupiter Inlet - Loxahatchee River System, FL
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The Loxahatchee River is a 7.6-mile-long river near the southeast coast of Florida. Freshwater meanders through the river’s three main forks, the North Fork, the Northwest Fork and the Southwest Fork, into the brackish estuary and then flows out the Jupiter Inlet into the Atlantic Ocean (Figure 1). The estuary entrance is protected by dual jetties from ocean waves. Momentum transfer, diffusive process and spatial distributions of salinity in the Jupiter Inlet-Loxahatchee River system are dominated by tides, wind, and freshwater inflows.
