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This study uses a series of scenarios of wave (boundary) and wind (local) forcing to examine the sensitivity and to quantify
the effects associated with nesting ProWAM and POLCOMS models for downscaling predictions of waves in the Irish Sea. The model
results show that the response of the modelling system to the wave and wind forcing during the downscaling varies widely depending
on wind conditions. Generally, the wave forcing has a greater effect on overall wave prediction in most of the Irish Sea,
except for the eastern Irish Sea/Liverpool Bay. The study also suggests detailed look-up tables at specific locations to quantify
the impacts of the different forcing scenarios over the Irish Sea, which can be readily extended to the location on any other
sites. 相似文献
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We applied a three-dimensional general ocean and coastal circulation model to the Irish Sea in order to determine water renewal time scales in the region. The model was forced with meteorological data for 1995, a year with relatively warm summer and when extensive hydrographic surveys were conducted in the Irish Sea. We investigated intra-annual variability in the rates of net flow through the Irish Sea and carried out several flushing simulations based on conservative tracer transport. The results indicate that the net northward flow of 2.50 km3/d is seasonally highly variable and under certain conditions is reversed to southward. The variability in obtained residence times is high; baroclinic effects are significant. Obtained results point at the importance of spatial and temporal consideration for transport of pollutants in the shelf seas. Implications for management are numerous and involve activities such as transport, fishing, use of resources, nature conservation, monitoring, tourism and recreation. 相似文献
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Naomi Greenwood David J. Hydes Claire Mahaffey Andrew Wither Jon Barry David B. Sivyer David J. Pearce Susan E. Hartman Olga Andres Helen E. Lees 《Ocean Dynamics》2011,61(12):2181-2199
This paper presents data for the temporal and spatial distribution of nutrients in Liverpool Bay between 2003 and 2009 and
an analysis of inputs of nutrients from the major rivers. The spatial distribution of winter nutrient concentrations are controlled
by the region of freshwater influence (ROFI) in Liverpool Bay through the mixing of riverine freshwater and Irish Sea water,
with strong linear relationships between nutrient concentration and salinity between December and February. The location of
highest spring and summer phytoplankton biomass reflects the nutrient distributions as controlled by the ROFI. Analysis of
7 years of data showed that the seasonal cycle of winter maximum nutrient concentrations in February and drawdown in April/May
is a recurrent feature of this location, with the timing of the drawdown varying by several weeks between years. A comparison
of observed nutrient concentrations in Liverpool Bay with those predicted from inputs from rivers has been presented. Nutrient
concentrations in the rivers flowing into Liverpool Bay were highly variable and there was reasonable agreement between predicted
freshwater nutrient concentrations using data from this study and riverine nutrient concentrations weighted on the basis of
river flow, although the exact nature of mixing between the rivers could not be determined. Predicted Irish Sea nutrient concentrations
in the winter were lower than those reported for the input waters of the North Atlantic, supporting findings from previous
work that nitrogen is lost through denitrification in the Irish Sea. 相似文献
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The isotopic composition and concentration of Pb was measured in suspended particulate matter of the Irish Sea. Aerosol, surficial and pre-industrial sediment was also analysed to provide information on sources terms. Concentrations of Pb in suspended sediments were lower than previously reported which presumably reflects the international effort to reduce Pb inputs to the environment. Lead concentrations were highest in Liverpool Bay and lowest in the western Irish Sea. A significant negative relationship between Pb and salinity suggests that present inputs and the resuspension of relict lead associated with particles in areas significantly affected by freshwater discharges are the predominant sources of Pb to the Irish Sea. The isotopic composition of Pb in the stratified region of the western Irish Sea demonstrates that atmospheric sources are also significant to this region, which is consistent with current knowledge on the hydrography. Pb isotopic ratios show that water entering the Irish Sea through St George's Channel is significantly influenced by anthropogenic inputs prior to additional contamination by direct inputs to the Irish Sea. 相似文献
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A pilot Coastal Observatory has been established in Liverpool Bay which integrates (near) real-time measurements with coupled
models and whose results are displayed on the web. The aim is to understand the functioning of coastal seas, their response
to natural forcing and the consequences of human activity. The eastern Irish Sea is an apt test site, since it encompasses
a comprehensive range of processes found in tidally dominated coastal seas, including near-shore physical and biogeochemical
processes influenced by estuarine inflows, where both vertical and horizontal gradients are important. Applications include
hypernutrification, since the region receives significantly elevated levels of nutrient inputs, shoreline management (coastal
flooding and beach erosion/accretion), and understanding present conditions to predict the impact of climate change (for instance
if the number and severity of storms, or of high or low river flows, change). The integrated measurement suite which started
in August 2002 covers a range of space and time scales. It includes in situ time series, four to six weekly regional water
column surveys, an instrumented ferry, a shore-based HF radar system measuring surface currents and waves, coastal tide gauges
and visible and infra-red satellite data. The time series enable definition of the seasonal cycle, its inter-annual variability
and provide a baseline from which the relative importance of events can be quantified. A suite of nested 3D hydrodynamic,
wave and ecosystem models is run daily, focusing on the observatory area by covering the ocean/shelf of northwest Europe (at
12-km resolution) and the Irish Sea (at 1.8 km), and Liverpool Bay at the highest resolution of 200 m. The measurements test
the models against events as they happen in a truly 3D context. All measurements and model outputs are displayed freely on
the Coastal Observatory website () for an audience of researchers, education, coastal managers and the public. 相似文献
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A finite element model of the Irish and Celtic Sea regions with a range of grid resolutions is used to examine the influence of resolution upon the higher harmonics of the tide in the region. Comparisons are also made with published results from finite difference models of the area, and observations. Calculations using fine near-shore elements with non-zero water depths in coastal regions were found to be more accurate and less time consuming than those using a zero coastal water depth. A detailed examination of the spatial variability of the higher harmonics in near-shore regions of the eastern Irish Sea particularly the Solway and Morecambe Bay showed significant small-scale variability. This together with the variation in higher harmonics in the eastern Irish Sea and adjacent estuaries, clearly shows the need for an unstructured grid model of the region that can include the estuaries. To match the high resolution of the model in near-shore regions accurate high-resolution topography is required. 相似文献
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An unstructured grid storm surge model of the west coast of Britain, incorporating a high-resolution representation of the
Mersey estuary is used to examine storm surge dynamics in the region. The focus of the study is the major surge that occurred
during the period 11–14 November 1977, which has been investigated previously using uniform grid finite difference models
and a finite element model of the west coast of Britain. However, none of these models included the Mersey estuary. Comparison
of solutions in the eastern Irish Sea with those computed with these earlier models showed that, away from the Liverpool Bay
region, the inclusion of the Mersey estuary had little effect. However, at the entrance to the Mersey, its inclusion did influence
the solution. By including a detailed representation of the Mersey estuary within the model, it was possible to conduct a
detailed study of storm surge propagation in the Mersey, which had never previously been performed. This detailed study showed
for the first time that the surge’s temporal variability within the estuary is influenced by surge elevation at its entrance.
This varies with time as a function of spatial and temporal variations of wind stress over the west coast of Britain. Within
the Mersey, calculations show that the spatial variability is mainly determined by changes in bottom topography, which had
not been included in earlier finite difference models. However, since water depth is influenced by variations in tidal elevation,
this, together with tide surge interaction through bottom friction and momentum advection, influences the surge. The ability
of the finite element model to vary the mesh in near-shore regions to such an extent that it can resolve the Mersey and hence
the impact of the Mersey estuary upon the Liverpool Bay circulation shows that it has distinct advantages over earlier finite
difference models. In the absence of detailed measurements within the Mersey at the time of the surge, it was not possible
to validate predicted surge elevations within the Mersey. However, significant insight into physical processes influencing
the surge propagation down the estuary, its reflection and spatial/temporal variability could be gained. 相似文献
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Scales and structure of frontal adjustment and freshwater export in a region of freshwater influence
Sea surface temperature satellite imagery and a regional hydrodynamic model are used to investigate the variability and structure
of the Liverpool Bay thermohaline front. A statistically based water mass classification technique is used to locate the front
in both data sets. The front moves between 5 and 35 km in response to spring–neap changes in tidal mixing, an adjustment that
is much greater than at other shelf-sea fronts. Superimposed on top of this fortnightly cycle are semi-diurnal movements of
5–10 km driven by flood and ebb tidal currents. Seasonal variability in the freshwater discharge and the density difference
between buoyant inflow and more saline Irish Sea water give rise to two different dynamical regimes. During winter, when cold
inflow reduces the buoyancy of the plume, a bottom-advected front develops. Over the summer, when warm river water provides
additional buoyancy, a surface-advected plume detaches from the bottom and propagates much larger distances across the bay.
Decoupled from near-bed processes, the position of the surface front is more variable. Fortnightly stratification and re-mixing
over large areas of Liverpool Bay is a potentially important mechanism by which freshwater, and its nutrient and pollutant
loads, are exported from the coastal plume system. Based on length scales estimated from model and satellite data, the erosion
of post-neap stratification is estimated to be responsible for exporting approximately 19% of the fresh estuarine discharge
annually entering the system. Although the baroclinic residual circulation makes a more significant contribution to freshwater
fluxes, the episodic nature of the spring–neap cycle may have important implications for biogeochemical cycles within the
bay. 相似文献
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A variable mesh finite element model of the Irish and Celtic Sea regions with/without the inclusion of the Mersey estuary is used to examine the influence of grid resolution and the Mersey upon the higher harmonics of the tide in the region. Comparisons are made with observations and published results from finite difference models of the area. Although including a high resolution representation of the Mersey had little effect upon computed tides in the western Irish Sea it had a significant effect upon tidal currents in the eastern Irish Sea. In addition the higher harmonics of the M2 tide in near-shore regions of the eastern Irish Sea particularly the Solway and Mersey estuary together with Morecambe Bay showed significant small scale variability. The Mersey was used to test the sensitivity to including estuaries because high resolution accurate topography was available. The results presented here suggest that comparable detailed topographic data sets are required in all estuaries and near-shore regions. In addition comparisons clearly show the need for an unstructured grid model of the region that can include all the estuaries. Such an unstructured grid solution was developed here within a finite element approach, although other methods in particular the finite volume, or coordinate transformations/curvilinear grids and nesting could be applied. 相似文献
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Paul Finegan Luis León Vintró Peter I. Mitchell Dominique Boust Aurélien Gouzy Peter J. Kershaw Julie A. Lucey 《Continental Shelf Research》2009,29(16):1995-2010
Recent studies have shown that accumulation of 99Tc in seabed sediments labelled by authorised radioactive liquid discharges into the NE Irish Sea from the Sellafield reprocessing complex is greater than previously thought. In this paper, new data on 99Tc concentration profiles in subtidal and intertidal sediments from the eastern and western Irish Sea are provided with a view to elucidating the processes responsible for the incorporation and retention of 99Tc in the seabed. The data show that substantial amounts of 99Tc have accumulated in the fine-grained subtidal sediments off the Cumbrian coast, particularly after increased releases from Sellafield following the commissioning of the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant (EARP) in 1994. In all the cores taken in this area, 99Tc has been found to be present to depths in excess of 30 cm. Analysis of 137Cs and 241Am profiles, together with other supporting geochemical data, show a high degree of homogenisation of the sediments down to these depths as a result of physical and biological processes, and confirm that incorporation of 99Tc into the sediment compartment is actually the result of mixing and reworking, rather than active sediment accumulation. In contrast, active deposition of material transported from this mixed pool of sediment appears to be the dominant mechanism controlling 99Tc profiles in intertidal areas close to the Sellafield discharge outfall.Data obtained from the analysis of subtidal sediment cores from the western Irish Sea mud basin suggest that similar mixing processes to those occurring in the subtidal sediments of the eastern Irish Sea are also active in this area. Time-series data on 99Tc concentrations in surficial sediments from this basin, gathered in the period 1988–2004, inclusive, show a clear increase in concentrations, by a factor of ～2, between samples collected pre-EARP and post-EARP. The constancy of 99Tc concentrations in surface sediments throughout the 1980s and the early-1990s suggests that little redissolution and export of 99Tc occurred over this extended period. A similar observation applies to the post-EARP period, when concentrations remained relatively constant despite the reported steady decrease in 99Tc concentrations in the overlying waters.This apparent lack of remobilisation is consistent with data from sequential extraction analyses, which indicate that the bulk of the 99Tc is strongly bound to non-labile geochemical phases, with only a small proportion associated with exchangeable and acido-soluble phases. Further, these analyses show that 99Tc is not associated with oxygen-sensitive and highly-reactive acid-volatile sulphides (AVS) to any significant extent. 相似文献
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Agnieszka I. Olbert Michael HartnettTomasz Dabrowski Uwe Mikolajewicz 《Continental Shelf Research》2011,31(13):1343-1356
The western Irish Sea gyre (WISG) is a cyclonic baroclinic flow around a dome of stagnant water which develops each year during the heating season in the western Irish Sea. Research was carried out to determine long-term changes in the strength of stratification within WISG and associated changes in the gyre structure, circulation patterns and retentive properties. Model simulations were carried out for the 58-year period 1951-2008. The characteristics of the gyre were quantified by means of potential energy anomaly (PEA), measuring the strength of stratification, and total kinetic energy (KE), reflecting the strength of cyclonic circulation. Additionally, long-term changes in flushing rates within the gyre were assessed.Results show that stratification in the western Irish Sea consistently begins to develop in March, increases linearly from April till June, peaks at the beginning of July and remains at close to maximum level throughout the month of July, before a start of a sharp decline at the beginning of August. The strength of stratification is significantly correlated with averaged summer air temperatures and summer wind speeds. Trend analysis of PEA shows an increase in the stratification strength over the period considered; the increase of PEA peak value is accompanied by a shortening of the gyre duration and a delay in the timing of the peak value. There is also an increasing trend in the KE value, showing that the thermal stratification plays a crucial role in the hydrography of the region. Flushing analysis shows that the stronger the stratification the lower the residence time and thus the faster the removal of the material from the western Irish Sea. Residence time within WISG shortens on average by 8 days over the 58-year period. 相似文献
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The storm surge period of 13–16 November 1977 when there was a major positive surge followed by a negative surge in the Irish
Sea is investigated using a two-dimensional unstructured mesh model of the west coast of Britain. The model accounts for tidal
and external surge forcing across its open boundaries which are situated in the Celtic Sea and off the west coast of Scotland.
Although this period has been examined previously using a uniform finite-difference model, and a finite element model, neither
of these could resolve the Mersey estuary which is the focus of the present study. By using a finite element model with very
high mesh resolution within the Mersey, the spatial variability of surge elevations and currents within the Mersey to rapidly
changing surge dynamics can be examined. The mesh in the model varies from about 7 km in deep water, to the order of 100 m
in the Mersey, with the largest mesh length reaching 17 km in deep offshore regions, and smallest of order 26 m occurring
in shallow coastal regions of the Mersey estuary. The model accounts for wetting/drying which occurs in shallow water coastal
areas. Calculations showed that during the positive surge period, the amplitude and speed of propagation of the surge was
largest in the deep water channels. This gave rise to significant spatial variability of surge elevations and currents within
the estuary. As wind stresses decreased over the Irish Sea, a negative surge occurred over Liverpool Bay and at the entrance
to the Mersey. However, within the Mersey there was a local positive surge which continued to propagate down the estuary.
This clearly showed that although the large scale response of the Irish Sea to changing wind fields occurred rapidly, the
response in the Mersey was much slower. These calculations with a west coast variable mesh model that included a high-resolution
representation of the Mersey revealed for the first time how elevations and currents within the Mersey responded to Irish
Sea surges that rapidly changed from positive to negative. 相似文献
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The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) conducts monitoring to address concerns related to the 2000 diversion of secondarily treated effluent discharge into Massachusetts Bay. Baseline data (1992-2000) showed multiple regions defined by physical and chemical composition. Near the Massachusetts Bay outfall, there is a series of heterogeneous sediments in relatively close proximity to the primary historic source of contaminants (Boston Harbor). Farfield sediments exhibited greater compositional definition from one another, which was attributed to the greater spatial separation of the sampling locations. Factors that influence contaminant variability include local and distributed sources, and are primarily related to gradients in depositional environments. Post-diversion sediment data suggest that 4 years of treated effluent discharge has not increased contaminant concentrations to the bay system. However, abundance of the sewage tracer, Clostridium perfringens, has increased variably in sediments located within 2 km of the outfall, providing a distinct effluent signal near the outfall. 相似文献
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Jason A. Leach James M. Buttle Kara L. Webster Paul W. Hazlett Dean S. Jeffries 《水文研究》2020,34(10):2154-2175
The time it takes water to travel through a catchment, from when it enters as rain and snow to when it leaves as streamflow, may influence stream water quality and catchment sensitivity to environmental change. Most studies that estimate travel times do so for only a few, often rain-dominated, catchments in a region and use relatively short data records (<10 years). A better understanding of how catchment travel times vary across a landscape may help diagnose inter-catchment differences in water quality and response to environmental change. We used comprehensive and long-term observations from the Turkey Lakes Watershed Study in central Ontario to estimate water travel times for 12 snowmelt-dominated headwater catchments, three of which were impacted by forest harvesting. Chloride, a commonly used water tracer, was measured in streams, rain, snowfall and as dry atmospheric deposition over a 31 year period. These data were used with a lumped convolution integral approach to estimate mean water travel times. We explored relationships between travel times and catchment characteristics such as catchment area, slope angle, flowpath length, runoff ratio and wetland coverage, as well as the impact of harvesting. Travel time estimates were then used to compare differences in stream water quality between catchments. Our results show that mean travel times can be variable for small geographic areas and are related to catchment characteristics, in particular flowpath length and wetland cover. In addition, forest harvesting appeared to decrease mean travel times. Estimated mean travel times had complex relationships with water quality patterns. Results suggest that biogeochemical processes, particularly those present in wetlands, may have a greater influence on water quality than catchment travel times. 相似文献
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The levels of DDT residues, dieldrin and PCBs have been determined in the tissues of 15 species of marine animals from the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish Sea. In general, the concentrations of these compounds are somewhat lower than those reported earlier for fish from other British inshore areas, despite the fact that the Bay is subject to pollution, not only from the River Mersey, but also from extensive sewage sludge dumping. This difference may reflect recent controls on the use of these compounds. 相似文献
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Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope signatures indicate recovery of marine biota from sewage pollution at Moa Point,New Zealand 总被引：4，自引：0，他引：4
Rogers KM 《Marine pollution bulletin》2003,46(7):821-827
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes have been used to assess sewage contamination of a sewage outfall, discharging milli-screened effluent into Moa Point Bay, New Zealand, and monitor the recovery of flora and fauna after the outfall's closure. An initial study characterising the extent of the discharge and the effects on seaweed (Ulva lactuca L.), blue mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and limpets (Cellana denticulata) from the area, showed effects of the sewage discharge on flora and fauna were localised within in the bay. The immediate area surrounding the discharge area was found to contain limited biodiversity, with an abundance of Ulva lactuca, a bright green lettuce-like seaweed, typically found in areas with high nutrient input, limpets and small blue mussels. The nitrogen isotopic signature (delta15N) is shown to be a good tracer of sewage pollution in seaweed and associated grazers (i.e. limpets) as a result of the increased contribution of urea and ammonia to seawater nitrogen derived from the effluent. The carbon isotopic signature (delta13C) is suggested as a more appropriate sewage tracer for mussels, which filter feed the effluent's particulate organic matter from the water. Lower carbon:nitrogen ratios were found in Ulva lactuca sampled from around the outfall region compared to uncontaminated control sites. However carbon:nitrogen ratios do not vary significantly amongst shellfish species.After closure, monitoring continued for 9 months and showed that the carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of algae (Ulva lactuca L.) returned to similar control site levels within 3 months. Limpet and blue mussels (Cellana denticulata and Mytilus galloprovincialis) showed slower recovery times than the Ulva lactuca, with detectable levels of the sewage-derived carbon and nitrogen remaining in the animal's tissue for up to 9 months. 相似文献
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在复杂湖泊水动力环境作用下,换水周期和传输时间变化直接影响着污染物的迁移和转化.本文运用数值模拟方法,定量研究了季节水情动态下鄱阳湖换水周期和示踪剂传输时间的空间分布.结果表明,不同季节下鄱阳湖换水周期均具有较高的空间异质性,贯穿整个湖区的主河道换水周期约10 d,大多湖湾区的换水周期则长达300多天.尽管不同季节下换水周期空间分布格局几乎相似,但受鄱阳湖水动力场的季节变化影响,夏、秋季的换水周期要明显大于春、冬季.基于换水周期频率分布曲线的统计表明,80%的鄱阳湖区的换水周期约30 d,其余湖区换水周期为几十天至几百天,表明鄱阳湖应该更加确切地描述为一个快速换水和慢速换水同时共存的湖泊系统.鄱阳湖示踪剂传输时间介于4~32 d,夏、秋季的传输时间(11~32 d)约为春、冬季(4~8 d)的4倍,主要与鄱阳湖季节性水情特征及示踪剂的迁移路径有关.本文所获取的换水周期和示踪剂传输时间的时空分布信息可为今后鄱阳湖水质、水环境和生态系统管理和维护等方面提供重要科学参考. 相似文献
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Numerical hydrodynamic models of the northeastern Queensland shelf, forced by regional winds and modelled boundary currents in the northern Coral Sea, are used to provide improved estimates of general flow trajectories and water residence times within the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) shelf system. Model performance was checked against a limited set of current metre records obtained at Lark Reef (16°S) and the Ribbon Reefs (15.5°S). Estimates of water parcel trajectories are derived from a series of numerical tracer experiments, with daily releases of neutrally buoyant, un-reactive particles at 320 sites along the coast between Cape York (10.7°S) and Hervey Bay (25°S). Flow trajectories and residence times for tracer particles introduced to the GBR lagoon in the southern—ca. 22°S, central—19°S, and northern reef—14°S are emphasised. For purposes of the analysis, the year was divided into two seasons based on mean alongshore current direction. Most coastal sourced tracers entering the central GBR lagoon between 16° and 20°S during the northward-current season (January–August) primarily encounter the outer-shelf reef matrix after exiting the lagoon at its northern “head” (nominally 16°S), after 50–150 days. Up to 70% of tracer particles entering in the southward-current season (August–December) eventually crossed the lagoon to the outer-shelf reef matrix, with median crossing times between 20 and 330 days. During favourable wind conditions, tracers introduced at the coast may move rapidly across the lagoon into the reef matrix. The tracer experiments indicate that most coastal-sourced tracers entering the GBR lagoon remain near the coast for extended periods of time, moving north and south in a coastal band. Residence times for conservative tracer particles (and implied residence times for water-borne materials) within the GBR shelf system ranged from ca. 1 month to 1 year—time frames that are very long relative to development times of planktonic larvae and cycling times for nutrient materials in the water column, implying they are transformed long before reaching the outer reef matrix. 相似文献
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Liverpool Bay is a region of freshwater influence which receives significant freshwater loading from a number of major English
and Welsh rivers. Strong tidal current flow interacts with a persistent freshwater-induced horizontal density gradient to
produce strain-induced periodic stratification (SIPS). Recent work (Palmer in Ocean Dyn 60:219–226, 2010; Verspecht et al. in Geophys Res Lett 37:L18602, 2010) has identified significant modification to tidal ellipses in Liverpool Bay during stratification due to an associated reduction
in pycnocline eddy viscosity. Palmer (Ocean Dyn 60:219–226, 2010) identified that this modification results in asymmetry in flow in the upper and lower layers capable of permanently transporting
freshwater away from the Welsh coastline via a SIPS pumping mechanism. Observational data from a new set of observations from
the Irish Sea Observatory site B confirm these results; the measured residual flow is 4.0 cm s−1 to the north in the surface mixed layer and 2.4 cm s−1 to the south in the bottom mixed layer. A realistically forced 3D hydrodynamic ocean model POLCOMS succeeds in reproducing
many of the characteristics of flow and vertical density structure at site B and is used to estimate the transport of water
through a transect WT that runs parallel with the Welsh coast. Model results show that SIPS is the dominant steady state,
occurring for 78.2% of the time whilst enduring stratification exists only 21.0% of the year and enduring mixed periods, <1%.
SIPS produces a persistent offshore flow of freshened surface water throughout the year. The estimated net flux of water in
the surface mixed layer is 327 km3 year
−1, of which 281 km3 year−1 is attributable to SIPS periods. Whilst the freshwater component of this flux is small, the net flux of freshwater through
WT during SIPS is significant, the model estimates 1.69 km3 year−1 of freshwater to be transported away from the coast attributable to SIPS periods equivalent to 23% of annual average river
flow from the four catchment areas feeding Liverpool Bay. The results show SIPS pumping to be an important process in determining
the fate of freshwater and associated loads entering Liverpool Bay. 相似文献
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Gorgan Bay is a semi-enclosed basin located in the southeast of the Caspian Sea, Iran. The bay is recognized as a resting place for migratory birds as well as a spawning habitat for native fish. However, apparently, no detailed research on its physical processes has previously been conducted. In this study, a 3D coupled hydrodynamic and solute transport model was used to investigate general circulation, thermohaline structure, and residence time in Gorgan Bay. Model outputs were validated against a set of field observations. Bottom friction and attenuation coefficient of light intensity were tuned in order to achieve optimum agreement with the observations. Results revealed that, due to the interaction between bathymetry and prevailing winds, a barotropic double-gyre circulation, dominating the general circulation, existed during all seasons in Gorgan Bay. Furthermore, temperature and salinity fluctuations in the bay were seasonal, due to the seasonal variability of atmospheric fluxes. Results also indicated that under the prevailing winds, the domain-averaged residence time in Gorgan Bay would be approximately 95 days. The rivers discharging into Gorgan Bay are considered as the main sources of nutrients in the bay. Since their mouths are located in the area with a residence time of over 100 days, Gorgan Bay could be at risk of eutrophication; it is necessary to adopt preventive measures against water quality degradation. 相似文献