%0 journal article
%@ 0749-0208
%A Floeser, G., Riethmueller, R., Nauw, J., Burchard, H.

%D 2013
%J Journal of Coastal Research
%N S 65
%P 1527-1532 
%R doi:10.2112/SI65-258.1
%T Observational evidence for the general presence of estuarine circulation in the Wadden Sea
%U https://doi.org/10.2112/SI65-258.1
S 65 
%X Observational evidence is presented that corroborates the hypothesis that estuarine circulation represents a generic process in the Wadden Sea, independent of (the amount of) river runoff. Long-term current velocity data from three locations in the Wadden Sea, taken on moored acoustical current meters, onboard anchored ships and across-channel ship-of-opportunity platforms show in all cases features concurring with the predictions of the theory: a tidally residual outflow of Wadden Sea waters in the upper part and a residual inflow of seawater in the lower part of the water column. This may be regarded as a further confirmation for a generic process to import suspended sediments from the German Bight / North Sea into the Wadden Sea against the prevailing concentration gradient.