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Provedor de dados: | 5
País: | France
Título: | A Process Study of the Tidal Circulation in the Persian Gulf
Autores: | Pous, Stephane; Carton, Xavier; Lazure, Pascal.
Data: | 2012
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Persian Gulf; Barotropic Tide; Hydrodynamical Modeling; Comparison with Data.
Resumo: | A homogeneous shallow-water model with free surface is used to model the tidal circulation in the Persian Gulf. The numerical finite-difference model includes harmonic diffusion of horizontal momentum and quadratic bottom friction, it has a 9 km mesh size and it is forced by 7 tidal components at its southern boundary. High precision bathymetric data are used to obtain the bottom topography. The numerical model is run for more than a year. The results are the following: 1) The model accurately reproduces the tidal phase and amplitude observed at 42 tidal gauges in the region. This accuracy is attributed to the presence of the 7 components which are able to interact nonlinearly; 2) The amphidromic points are also well positioned by the model due to a proper choice of bathymetry. This was checked also with a simpler geometry of the domain; 3) The tidal currents can be strong in the Straits of Hormuz and in shallow areas; thus they will have an effect of the hydrology of the region. The residual currents are weak so that they will be negligible for the large-scale circulation on long periods; 4) Finally, the sea-surface elevation forecast by the model is in close agreement with in-situ measurements of pressure in the Straits, performed during the GOGP99 experiment.
Tipo: | Text
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00284/39520/38013.pdf

DOI:10.4236/ojms.2012.24016

http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00284/39520/

Editor: | Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,
Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Open Journal of Marine Science (2161-7384) (Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,), 2012 , Vol. 02 , N. 04 , P. 131-140

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2012 SciRes.

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