New Methods Utilizing Long-Term River Gage Data to Estimate Head of Tide Migration

Learn about innovative time-series analysis methods for determining head of tide in river systems during this 16-minute conference talk from the Georgia Water Resources Conference. Explore how temporary river gage installations along a 26-km stretch of the Savannah River led to discovering significant head of tide movements influenced by upland river discharge and spring-neap tidal cycles. Examine the analysis of long-term USGS river gage datasets across multiple river systems, including the Savannah, Ogeechee, and Altamaha Rivers over a 10-year period. Discover how tidal range correlates with upstream river discharge and compare the unique characteristics of each river system's tidal patterns. Understand how this readily available approach enables prediction of head of tide ranges across multiple river basins without extensive fieldwork, benefiting managers and scientists studying tidal estuaries.