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| Pous, Stephane; Carton, Xavier; Lazure, Pascal. |
| A shallow-water model, coupled with a three dimensional, hydrostatic ocean model, is used to study the wind induced circulation, and the Shatt-al-Arab river plume expansion, in the Persian Gulf. The models are used in an idealized configuration. The following results are obtained: 1) with northwesterly winds, a double gyre is formed: this gyre is cyclonic in the south and anticyclonic in the north. Southeastward currents flow along the Iranian and Arabian coast where the wind stress at the surface dominates the pressure gradient related to the free surface slope, and conversely in the deeper region of the Gulf; 2) In the eastern part of the Gulf, the cyclonic gyre intensifies, as observed and reported in the literature; 3) For northwesterly winds, the... |
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Palavras-chave: Persian Gulf; Wind-Induced Circulation; Hydrodynamical Modeling. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00284/39521/38014.pdf |
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| Pous, Stephane; Carton, Xavier; Lazure, Pascal. |
| 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... |
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Palavras-chave: Persian Gulf; Barotropic Tide; Hydrodynamical Modeling; Comparison with Data. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00284/39520/38013.pdf |
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