Table 3.
Maximum discharges and velocities during flood and ebb tides and net
discharge volumes at lower Laguna Madre discharge measurement sites, June
19–21, 1997
[n/a, not
available]
Site number |
Site name |
Flood tide |
|
Ebb tide |
Net |
||
Maximum |
Maximum |
Maximum |
Maximum |
||||
1 |
Laguna Madre
at Brazos Santiago Pass |
138,000 |
12.72 |
|
-88,100 |
1-1.73 |
59,300 |
2 |
South Bay
Pass |
5,970 |
1.24 |
|
-6,070 |
-1.17 |
2,190 |
3 |
Brownsville
Ship Channel |
234,700 |
n/a |
|
2-17,500 |
n/a |
27,000 |
4 |
Port Isabel
Channel |
15,000 |
1.15 |
|
-13,100 |
-.51 |
8,880 |
5 |
Laguna Madre
at Queen Isabella Causeway |
97,300 |
2.72 |
|
-64,500 |
-1.73 |
34,500 |
1 Velocity data from site 5.
2 Computed as the discharge at site 1 minus the sum of discharges at sites
2 and 5.
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