The PROFILE project: An overview

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 249-261

  Huthnance, J M ^a  

^a Centre for Coastal and Marine Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical models; Microbiology; Mixing processes; Nearshore dynamics; River plumes; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; MIXING PROCESSES; MODELLING; MODELS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NEARSHORE MODEL; NEARSHORE REGION; PROFILE PROJECT; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

EID: 0030776266     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(96)00101-7     Document Type: Article

References (48)

1. Carbajal, N., 1995. A descriptive comparison of five different European ROFIs. IMAU report R95-16.
2. Davies, A.M., Lawrence, J., 1995. Modeling the effect of wave-current interaction on the three-dimensional wind-driven circulation of the eastern Irish Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 25, 29-45.
3. De Kok, J.M., 1997. Baroclinic eddy formation in a Rhine plume model. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 35-52.
4. De Ruijter, W.P.M., Visser, A.W., Bos, W.G., 1997. The Rhine outflow: a prototypical pulsed discharge plume in a high energy shallow sea. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 243-256.
5. Estournel, C., Kondrachoff, V., Marsaleix, P., Véhil, R., 1997. The plume of the Rhone: numerical cimulation and remote sensing. Cont. Shelf Res., submittted.
6. Fischer, G., Krause, G., Neuer, S., Wefer, G., 1997. Short term sedimentation pulses recorded with a chlorophyll sensor and sediment traps in 900 m water depth in the Canary Basin. Limnol. Oceanogr., in press.
7. Fujiwara, T., Sanford, L.P., Nakatsuji, K., Sugiyarna, Y., 1997. Anti-cyclonic circulation driven by the estuarine circulation in a gulf type ROFI. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 83-98.
8. Hitchcock, G.L., Wiseman, W.J., Boicourt, W.C., Mariano, A.J., Walker, N., Nelsen, T.A., Ryan, E., 1997. Property fields in an effluent plume of the Mississippi river. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 107-125.
9. James, I.D., 1995. A three-dimensional model of a tidal coastal plume. Abstract, Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics: Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence.
10. James, I.D., 1996. Advection schemes for shelf sea models. J. Mar. Syst., 8, 237-254.
11. Janmaat, L., Rademaker, M., 1995. Fytoplankton analyses in het kader van MAST*RIJN2. TRIPOS Report 94004 for RWS/RIKZ.
12. Johnson, D.R., McClimans, T.A., King, S., Grenness, Ø., 1997. Fresh water masses in the Kara Sea in summer. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 127-145.
13. Jones, K.J., Grantham, B., Ezzi, I., Rippeth, T.P., Simpson, J.H., 1995a. Physical controls on phytoplankton and nutrient cycles in the Clyde Sea, a fjordic system on the west coast of Scotland. In: Skjoldal, H.R., Hopkins, C., Erikstad, K.E., Leinas, H.P. (Eds.), Proc. Symp. Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 93-104.
14. Jones, S.E., Jago, C.F., Simpson, J.H., 1995b. Modelling suspended sediment dynamics in tidally stirred and periodically stratified waters: progress and pitfalls. In: Proc. 7th Biennial Conf. on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Woods Hole.
15. Joordens, J.C.A., Souza, A.J., Visser, A.W., 1996. The influence of tidal straining and wind on suspended matter and phytoplankton dynamics in the Rhine outflow region. J. Sea Res., submitted.
16. Krestenitis, Y.N., Christopoulos, S.P., Hyder, P., Valioulis, I.A., 1996. Assessment of physical processes in the Thermaikos Bay ROFI.
17. Lass, H.-U., Nagel, K., Pollehne, F., Sattler, C., 1995. Transport and distribution pattern of the Odra river plume in the Baltic Sea. Abstract, Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics: Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence.
18. Luyten, P.J., 1996. An analytical and numerical study of surface and bottom boundary layers with variable forcing and application to the North Sea. J. Mar. Syst. 8, 171-189.
19. Luyten, P.J., 1997. Modelling physical processes of haline stratification in ROFIs with application to the Rhine outflow region. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 257-287.
20. Luyten, P.J., Ruddick, K.G., Deleersnijder, E., 1994. Documentation on the three-dimensional model MUROFI: first version. Tech. Rep. 1 (MUMM), MAS2-CT93-0054 PROFILE, 81 pp.
21. Luyten, P.J., Deleersnijder, E., Ozer, J., Ruddick, K.G., 1996. Presentation of a family of turbulence closure models for stratified shallow water flows and preliminary application to the Rhine outflow region. Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 101-130.
22. Mikhailova, M., 1995. Mixing of river and sea waters at the Danube river nearshore. Abstract, Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics: Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence.
23. Mirbach, K.-J., Sůndermann, J., 1995. Lagrangian modelling of SPM transport in coastal water. Abstract, Liège Colloquium on Ocean Hydrodynamics: Processes in Regions of Freshwater Influence.
24. Ou, H.W., 1983. Some two-layer models of shelf-slope front: geostrophic adjustment and its maintenance. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 13, 1798-1808.
25. Peperzak, L., Snoeijer, G.J., Dijkema, R., Gieskes, W.W.C., Joordens, J.C.A., Peelers, J.C.H., Vrieling, E.G., Zevenboom, W., 1995. Development of a Dinophysis acuminata bloom in the river Rhine plume. Toxic Marine Phytoplankton Conference, 1995.
26. Rippeth, T.P., Jones, K., 1997. Explaining the seasonal cycle of nitrate in the Clyde Sea. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 279-291.
27. Rippeth, T.P., Simpson, J.H., 1996. The frequency and duration of episodes of complete vertical mixing in the Clyde Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 933-948.
28. Rippeth, T.P., Midgley, R.P., Simpson, J.H., 1995. The seasonal cycle of stratification in a Scottish fjord. In: Skjoldal, H.R., Hopkins, C., Erikstad, K.E., Leinas, H.P. (Eds.), Proc. Symp. Ecology of Fjords and Coastal Waters. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 85-92.
29. Ruddick, K.G., 1995. Modelling of coastal processes influenced by the freshwater discharge of the Rhine. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Liège, 247 pp.
30. Ruddick, K.G., Deleersnijder, E., Luyten, P.J., Ozer, J., 1995. Haline stratification in the Rhine/Meuse freshwater plume: a 3D model sensitivity analysis. Cont. Shelf Res. 15, 1597-1630.
31. Schrum, C., 1994. Numerische Simulation thermodynamischer Prozesse in der Deutschen Bucht. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. Hamburg, 175 pp.
32. Sharpies, J., Tett, P., 1994. Modelling the effect of physical variability on the midwater chlorophyll maximum. J. Mar. Res. 52, 219-238.
33. Signell, R.P., Beardsley, R.C., Graber, H.C., Capotondi, A., 1990. Effect of wave-current interaction on wind-driven circulation in narrow, shallow embayments. J. Geophys. Res. 95, 9671-9678.
34. Simpson, J.H., 1997. Physical processes in the ROFI regime. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 3-15.
35. Simpson, J.H., Rippeth, T.P., 1993. The Clyde Sea: a model of the seasonal cycle of stratification and mixing. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 37, 129-144.
36. Simpson, J.H., Souza, A.J., 1995. Semi-diurnal switching of stratification in the region of freshwater influence of the Rhine. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 7037-7044.
37. Simpson, J., Bos, W., Schirmer, F., Souza, A., Rippeth, T., Jones, S.E., Hydes, D., 1993. Periodic stratifications in the Rhine ROFI in the North Sea. Oceanol. Acta 16, 23-32.
38. Smith, C.L., Tett, P., Jones, S., 1996. Modelling interactions between suspended sediment dynamics and microbiology in seasonally stratified sites in European shelf seas over seasonal and tidal cycles. J. Sea Res., submitted.
39. Souza, A.J., James, I.D., 1996. A two-dimensional (x-z) model of tidal straining in the Rhine ROFI. Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 949-966.
40. Souza, A.J., Simpson, J.H., 1995. Interaction between mean water column stability and tidal shear in the production of semi-diurnal switching of stratification in the Rhine ROFI. In: Proc. 7th Biennial Conf. on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Woods Hole.
41. Souza, A.J., Simpson, J.H., 1996. The modification of the tidal ellipses by stratification in the Rhine ROFI. Cont. Shelf Res. 16, 997-1008.
42. Souza, A.J., Simpson, J.H., 1997. Controls on stratification in the Rhine ROFI system. J. Mar. Syst. 12, 293-305.
43. Sündermann, J., Beddig, S. (Eds.), 1994. PRISMA-Abschlus-sbericht. Hamburg, ZMK.
44. Sündermann, J., Puls, W., 1990. Modelling of suspended sediment dispersion and related transport of lead in the North Sea. Mitt. Geol.-Paläontol. Inst. Univ. Hamburg 69, 143-155.
45. Tett, P., 1990. A three layer vertical and microbiological processes model for shelf seas. Proudman Oceanogr. Lab. Rep., 14, 85 pp.
46. Visser, A.W., 1995. Shear dispersion in a wind and density driven plume. In: Proc. 7th Biennial Conf. on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Woods Hole.
47. Visser, A.W., Souza, A.J., Hessner, K., Simpson, J.H., 1994. The effect of stratification on tidal current profiles in a region of freshwater influence. Oceanolog. Acta 17, 369-381.
48. Wolf, J., 1991. A unified framework for water quality modelling in shallow seas. Proudman Oceanogr. Lab. Rep., 19, 46 pp.