Impact of vertical structure on water mass circulation in a tropical lagoon (Ebrié, Ivory Coast)     

Isabelle Brenon  Olivier Audouin  Nicolas Pouvreau  Jean-Christophe Maurin 《Journal of African Earth Sciences》2009,55(1-2):47

A one-dimensional vertical model has been developed to simulate the water mass circulation along the vertical structure in all deep coastal areas. The model has hydrodynamic and transport components solved using finite difference scheme. The one-dimensional vertical model results are coupled to the vertically averaged two-dimensional model results at each point of a horizontal grid. A theoretical salinity profile is introduced for each vertically integrated value obtained from the 2DH model results. A viscosity profile, simulating a viscosity value close to zero at the surface and with large viscosity gradients, is applied along the water column. The model is applied to the Vridi channel, connecting the Ebrié lagoon to the sea (Ivory Coast).The response of the Ebrié lagoon is studied in terms of inflow and outflow of water in the system through the Vridi channel. Due to the abrupt variation of the surface slope, vertical velocities along the water column show an anticlockwise spiral from bottom to surface during a tidal cycle. Due to the bottom friction and to the vertical viscosity profile, velocities decrease from surface to bottom. However, the freshwater inflow slows down the tidal propagation during the flood and causes the surface velocity to be smaller than the bottom velocity at mid-tide. Close to the bottom, velocities follow an anticlockwise movement due to the tidal propagation. At the water surface, velocities follow only an alternative movement of either ebb or flood, along the channel direction. No cross shore velocities can develop at the surface in the channel.  相似文献   

Transitions between explosive and effusive phases during the cataclysmic 2010 eruption of Merapi volcano,Java, Indonesia     

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Rupture complexity of a moderate intraplate earthquake in the Alps: the 1996 M5 Epagny–Annecy earthquake     

Françoise Courboulex  Nicholas Deichmann  & Jean-Christophe Gariel 《Geophysical Journal International》1999,139(1):152-160

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