Numerical modeling of surface and under surface currents in the Bushehr Bay

Author

Sadrinasab, Msoud ; Hosseini, Sayed Taleb

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. Oceanogr., Marine Sci. & Technol., Khorramshahr Univ., Khorramshahr, Iran

fYear

2010

fDate

11-12 June 2010

Firstpage

575

Lastpage

579

Abstract

Bushehr Bay is situated along the north coasts of the Persian Gulf, between 28°52´ to 29°5´ north and 50°42´ to 50°52´east. In this study we employed COHERENS, which is a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model, to identify surface and under surface currents in the Bushehr Bay. The atmospheric forces and four main tidal constituents M₂, S₂, K₁, O₁ and also boundary forces have been applied in the model. The model results and observations show that the current in the Bushehr Bay is dominated by tide-driven currents.

Keywords

hydrodynamics; oceanographic regions; tides; 3D hydrodynamic model; Bushehr Bay; COHERENS; Persian Gulf; atmospheric forces; boundary forces; ebb currents; flood currents; numerical modeling; seasonal currents; surface currents; tidal constituents; tide-driven currents; under surface currents; Atmospheric modeling; Biological system modeling; Equations; Hydrodynamics; Information technology; Marine technology; Numerical models; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Tides; Bushehr Bay; COHERENS; ebb currents; flood currents; seasonal currents;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networking and Information Technology (ICNIT), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manila

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7579-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7578-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNIT.2010.5508448

Filename

5508448