Open AccessTHREE-DIMENSIONAL MARINE MODELS FOR IMPACT STUDIES
Author(s) -
Jacques Nihoul,
François Ronday
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v18.47
Subject(s) - storm surge , mesoscale meteorology , ocean gyre , estuary , storm , oceanography , geology , environmental science , hierarchy , meteorology , marine engineering , climatology , geography , engineering , subtropics , fishery , biology , economics , market economy
A three-dimensional non-linear hydrodynamic model is developed for the determination of the mesoscale (tides, storm surges, ...) and macroscale (residuals, gyre, ...) circulations in the North Sea. The model consists of a hierarchy of submodels of different grid sizes, with interactive coupling at boundaries. The model is used to study the impact of coastal engineering projects along the Belgian coast and in the Scheldt estuary.