Impact of tidal power dams upon tides and environmental conditions in the Sea of Okhotsk |
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| Authors: | AV Nekrasov DA Romanenkov |
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| Institution: | 1. Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU), Malookhtinsky Prospect 98, St. Petersburg 195196, Russia;2. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, St. Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 30 Pervaya Liniya, St. Petersburg 199053, Russia |
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| Abstract: | The transformation of natural tidal sea-level and currents is studied resulting from large-scale tidal power plant (TPP) dams in bays of the Sea of Okhotsk (SO). Some effects due to this transformation are estimated based on predictive modelling and a number of expected changes in amplitudes and phases, and spectral composition of tidal oscillations are described. Changes of morphometric properties of basins change the character of tidal motions even on significant distance from a dam. That is why, it is impossible to estimate this impact as usual boundary-value problems. The problem is solved based on “impedance” conditions on the open boundary of the model area, allowing to take into account the radiation of the additional perturbations induced by both waves reflected from the dam and nonlinear effects inside the area. In general, the transformation effects are proportional to the dam size and depend essentially on the dam location, the creation of which can change dissipative and resonance properties of the bays. The changes in tidal energetics of SO due to the dam construction are also considered to show noticeable reconstruction of horizontal energy fluxes and changes in the energy dissipation. Possible environmental consequences are related mainly to the transformation of tidal currents. |
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| Keywords: | Tide Modelling Tidal power plant dam Resonance Sea of Okhotsk Bay of Tugur Bay of Penzhinskaya Guba Gulf of Shelikhov |
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