Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Current Issue

By Issue

By Author

By Subject

Author Index

Keyword Index

About Journal

Aims and Scope

Editorial Board

Publication Ethics

Indexing and Abstracting

Related Links

FAQ

Peer Review Process

News

Journal Meterics

Reviewersin registration guide in Publons

List of Reviewers 2020

List of Reviewers in 2022

Study of Tidal Residual Currrent in Pozm Bay with Numerical Modeling

Document Type : Original Manuscript

Authors

1 Department of Physical Oceanography, Faculty of Marine Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar.

2 University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Abstract

Three forcing processes can provide residual current: Tidal forces, wind forces, and density differences. Tidal residual current are created by tidal wave interaction with the structure of topography. In this study, two-dimensional model VOM-SW2d is applied In the barotropic and fully nonlinear to Pozm Bay in the northern coast of Oman to simulate the tidal residual currents. In this study aimed to investigate the effects of substrate unevenness, removed topography slope using high-pass filter. Regular computational grid has been used with a resolution of 150 m, in direction x and y. The results obtain the maximum current velocity of 0.05 m/s near the mouth of the Gulf of Pozm. Tidal residual current was observed of topographic features near the headland of Pozm Bay, headland at Pozm Bay and also in coastal areas due to the slope of the coast. Also the model results shows several eddies in different sizes and some Circulation in various scales. Tidal residual currents in the Pozm Bay, as depicted by Lagrangian trajectories reveal a stationary flow whit several eddies. Each eddy can be identified with a topographic obstacle. This confirms that the tidal residual flow field is strongly influenced by the nonlinear interaction of the tidal wave with the bottom relief which, in turn, is deformed by figure hills and valleys beneath the seabed

Keywords

Main Subjects

References
Alvarez Fanjul E, Gómez BP, Sánchez-Arévalo IR (1997) A description of the tides in the Eastern North Atlantic. Prog Oceanogr 40:217–244.
Akbari, P., Sadrinasab, M., Chegini, V. and Siadat Mousavi, S. M. 2017. Study of tidal components amplitude distribution in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea using numerical simulation. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 16(3), 27-41.
Babu, M. T., Vethamony, P., and Desa, E. 2005. Modelling tide-driven currents and residual eddies in the Gulf of Kachchh and their seasonal variability: A marine environmental planning perspective. Ecological modelling, 1
Backhaus, J.O. 1985. A three-dimensional model for the simulation of shelf sea dynamics.
Deutsche Hydrografische Zeitschrift, 38(4), 165-187.
Backhaus, J. O.1983. A semi-implicit scheme for the shallow water equations for application to shelf sea modelling. Continental Shelf Research, 2(4), 243-254.
Dworak, J. A. and J. Gómez-Valdés .2003. Tide-induced residual current in a coastal   lagoon of the Gulf of California, Estuar. Coastal and Shelf Science, 57(1-2), 99-109.
Imasato, N. 1983. What is tide-induced residual current? Journal of Physical Oceanography, 13(7), 1307-1317.
Fischereit, J. 2014. Impact of tides and ocean characteristics on the sea breeze in the German Bight  area: model development and case study, (MA thesis) Physical Oceanography, Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences Institute of Meteorology,  University of  Hamburg, p. 22.
Komen, G. J. and H. W. Riepma.1981. The generation of residual vorticity by the combined action of wind and bottom topography in a shallow sea. Oceanologica Acta 4.3 (1981): 267-277.
Lavin, M. F. and, S. G. 2000. An overview of the physical oceanography of the Gulf of California. In Nonlinear processes in geophysical fluid dynamics (pp. 173-204). Springer Netherlands.
Le Provost, C. and M. Fornerino.1985. Tidal spectroscopy of the English Channel with a numerical model. Journal of Physical Oceanography., 15,1009-1031.‏
Poul, H. M., Backhaus, J. and Huebner, U. 2016. A description of the tides and effect of Qeshm canal on that in the Persian Gulf using two-dimensional numerical model. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 9(2), 148.
Mashayekh Poul, H., Backhaus, J., Dehghani, A. and Huebner, U. 2016. Effect of sub-seabed salt domes on tidal residual currents in the Persian Gulf. Journal of Geophysical Research.
Reynolds, R.M .1993. Physical oceanography of the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and the Gulf of Oman—Results from the Mt Mitchell expedition. Mar Pollut Bull 27:35–59.
Robinson, I. S. 1981. Tidal vorticity and residual circulation. Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers, 28(3), 195-212.
Shirin Manesh, S. and  Chegini, V. 2012. Marine energy extraction of waves and tidal currents in Chabahar Bay. Journal of Marine Science and Technology, 10(2), 91-107.
 Westerink, J. J., K. D. Stolzenbach, and J. J. Connor.1989. General Spectral Computations of the Nonlinear Shallow Water Tidal Interactions within the Bight of Abaco, Journal of Physical Oceanography,19(9), 1348-1371.
Xuan, J., Yang, Z., Huang, D., Wang, T. and  Zhou, F. 2015. Tidal residual current and its role in the mean flow on the Changjiang Bank. Journal of Marine Systems.
Yuxiang, T. 1988. Numerical modelling of the tide-induced residual current in the East China Sea, Prog. Oceanogr., 21(3-4), 417–429.
Zimmerman, J. T. F. 1981. Dynamics, diffusion and geomorphological    significance of tidal residual eddies.
Zimmerman, J. T. F. 1978. Hydrodynamics of Estuaries and Fjords, in Proceedings of the 9th International Liege Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics, Elsevier Oceanogr. Ser., 23, 207–216.dies
Journal of Marine Science and Technology
Volume 17, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
March 2019
Pages 47-57
Files
Share
How to cite
Statistics