Author_Institution :
Proudman Oceanogr. Lab., Bidston Obs., Birkenhead, UK
Abstract :
This EC MAST project aims to develop process understanding and tested numerical models for regions of freshwater influence (ROFI). This includes the role of physical processes controlling water-property distributions, suspended sediments controlling the availability of light, nutrients and phytoplankton growth. The project comprises: construction of a 3D nearshore model, with high resolution (one hour and one kilometre approximately) and a framework coupling modules for hydrodynamics (tides, effects of winds and waves, currents, temperature, salinity, turbulence and diffusivity), sediments, plankton, nutrients and oxygen; specific tests of model components against measurements; tests of model calculations against measurements in contrasted ROFIs; systematic observations of the contrasted Rhine, Clyde and Thermaikos Bay ROFIs complementing earlier measurements in the ROFI areas of the Rhine, German Bight and Po
Keywords :
aquaculture; oceanography; sedimentation; turbidity; EC MAST project; PROFILE; ROFI; chemical composition; currents temperature salinity turbulence; freshwater influence; marine biology; nearshore; numerical model; nutrient; ocean sea coast; optics; phytoplankton growth; plankton; regions of freshwater influence; sedimentation; shore; suspended sediment; thermohaline structure; turbidity; underwater light; water-property distribution; Area measurement; Current measurement; Hydrodynamics; Lighting control; Modular construction; Numerical models; Process control; Sediments; System testing; Tides;
