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Home My WebLink AboutOverview Cook Inlet Oceanography SusanSaupe 08-2011-AOverview: Cook Inlet Oceanography Susan Saupe “Not a Physical Oceanographer” Cook Inlet RCAC Freshwater Influences in Cook Inlet If it weren’t for the currents, Cook Inlet would become a gigantic mud flat. If it weren’t for the mud, Cook Inlet would become current-swept sand and gravel beaches. Instead, it’s both…. Depositional, Erosional, and Non-mobile Shorelines South Shoal CIRCAC photo CIRCAC photo CIRCAC photo MHHW Zero Katchemak BayKamishak Bay 1 mile Rock ramp Rock wall 26 ft Slide by Mandy Lindeberg (NMFS) Highest Observed Mean Higher High Water Mean High Water Mean Tide Level Mean Low Water Mean Lower Low Water Lowest Observed Tidal Datums MHHW MHW MTL MLW MLLW “0” Armap.org From Oey et. al. 2007 Tal Ezer AlaskaGeography.com Note Scale Difference 7 May 2002 9 Nov 2002 16 June 2002 9 Nov2002 3 June 2002 2-3 October 2002 20 June 2002 2 October 2002 Flood Latter part of Flood Transition to ebb We need models