Modelling tide-surge interaction effects using finite volume and finite element models of the Irish Sea

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1137-1174

  Xing, Jiuxing ^a   Jones, Eric ^a   Davies, Alan M ^a   Hall, Philip ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irish Sea; Modelling; Tide and surge interaction; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT NODES; BOTTOM FRICTION; BRITAIN; COASTAL REGIONS; FE MODEL; FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FINITE VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRODYNAMIC EQUATIONS; INTENSIVE MEASUREMENTS; INTERACTION EFFECT; INTERACTION PROCESS; IRISH SEA; MESH MODEL; MODEL COMPARISON; MODELLING; NEARSHORES; NONLINEAR PROCESS; OPEN BOUNDARIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT MOVEMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STORM SURGES; TIDAL FRICTION; UNIFORM GRIDS; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; UNSTRUCTURED MESHES; WATER DEPTH; WEST COAST; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND FORCING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; FRICTION; MESH GENERATION; TIME SERIES; TRIBOLOGY; WIND STRESS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

AMPLITUDE; BOTTOM STRESS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND STRESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 81255149241     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0418-3     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Aldridge JN, Davies AM (1993) A high resolution three-dimensional hydrographic tidal model of the eastern Irish Sea. J Phys Oceanogr 23:207-224 (Pubitemid 24429584)
2. Bernier NB, Thompson KR (2006) Predicting the frequency of storm surges and extreme sea levels in the northwest Atlantic. J Geophys Res 111:C100009. doi:10.1029/2005JC003168 (Pubitemid 44941032)
3. Bobanovic J, Thompson KR, Desjardins S, Ritchie H (2005) Forecasting storm surges along the east coast of Canada and the northeastern U.S.: the storm of 21 January 2000. Atmos Ocean 44(2):151-161 (Pubitemid 43984319)
4. Brown J, Wolf J (2009) Coupled wave and surge modeling for the eastern Irish Sea and implications for model wind-stress. Cont Shelf Res 29:1329-1342
5. Chen C, Huang H, Beardsley RC, Liu H, Xu Q, Cowles G (2007) A finite volume numerical approach for coastal ocean circulation studies: comparisons with finite difference models. J Geophys Res 112:C03018. doi:10.1029/ 2006JC003485 (Pubitemid 46850503)
6. Chen C, Liu H, Beardsley RC (2003) An unstructured grid, finite-volume, three-dimensional, primitive equations ocean model: application to coastal ocean and estuaries. J Atmos Oceanic Technol 20:159-186 (Pubitemid 37164271)
7. Chen C, Qi J, Li C, Beardsley RC, Lin H, Walker R, Gates K (2008) Complexity of the flooding/drying process in an estuarine tidal-creek salt-marsh system: an application of FVCOM. J Geophys Res 113: C07052. doi:10.1029/2007JC004328
8. Davies AG (1990) A model of the vertical structure of the wave and current bottom boundary layer. In: Davies AM (ed) Modeling marine systems, vol 2. CRC, Boca Raton, pp 263-297
9. Davies AM, Jones JE (1992) A three-dimensional wind driven circulation model of the Celtic and Irish Seas. Cont Shelf Res 12:159-188
10. Davies AM, Jones JE (1996) Sensitivity of tidal bed stress distributions, near bed currents, overtides and tidal residuals to frictional effects in the eastern Irish Sea. J Phys Oceanogr 26:2553-2575 (Pubitemid 126582225)
11. Davies AM, Lawrence J (1995) Modelling the effect of wave-current interaction on the three-dimensional wind driven circulation of the eastern Irish Sea. J Phys Oceanogr 25:29-45
12. Davies AM, J Xing and Jones JE (2010) A model study of tidal distributions in the Celtic and Irish Sea regions determined with finite volume and finite element models (this volume)
13. Flather RA, Hubbert KP (1990) Tide and surge models for shallow-water-Morecambe Bay revisited. In: Davies AM (ed) Modeling marine systems, vol 1. CRC, Boca Raton, pp 135-166
14. Fortunato AB, Baptista AM, Luettich RA (1997) A three-dimensional model of tidal currents in the mouth of the Tagus estuary. Cont Shelf Res 17:1689-1714 (Pubitemid 28132053)
15. Greenberg DA, Shore JA, Page FH, Dowd M (2005) Finite element circulation model for embayments with drying intertidal areas and its application to the Quoddy region of the Bay of Fundy. Ocean Model 10:211-231 (Pubitemid 40335022)
16. Horsburgh KJ, Wilson C (2007) Tide-surge interaction and its role in the distribution of surge residuals in the North Sea. J Geophys Res 112:C08003. doi:10.1029/2006JC004033 (Pubitemid 47604119)
17. Huang H, Chen C, Blanton JO, Andrade FA (2008) A numerical study of tidal asymmetry in Okatee Creek, South Carolina. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 78:190-202
18. Huntley DA, Bowen AJ (1990) Modeling sand transport on continental shelves. In: Davies AM (ed) Modeling marine systems. CRC, Boca Raton, pp 221-254
19. Jones JE (2002) Coastal and shelf-sea modelling in the European context. Oceanogr Mar Biol Ann Rev 40:37-141
20. Jones JE, Davies AM (1998) Storm surge computations for the Irish Sea using a three-dimensional numerical model including wave- current interaction. Cont Shelf Res 18:201-251 (Pubitemid 28381885)
21. Jones JE, Davies AM (2005) An intercomparison between finite difference and finite element (TELEMAC) approaches to modelling west coast of Britain tides. Ocean Dyn 55:178-198 (Pubitemid 41641613)
22. Jones JE, Davies AM (2007) Influence of non-linear effects upon surge elevations. Ocean Dyn 57:401-416
23. Jones JE, Davies AM (2008) On the modification of tides in shallow water regions by wind effects. J Geophys Res 113:C05014. doi:10.1029/2007JC004310
24. Jones JE, Davies AM (2010) Application of a finite element model to the computation of tides in the Mersey estuary and Eastern Irish Sea. Cont Shelf Res 30:491-514
25. Jones JE, Hall P, Davies AM (2009) An intercomparison of tidal solutions computed with a range of unstructured grid models of the Irish and Celtic Sea regions. Ocean Dyn 59:997-1023
26. Karna T, de Brye B, Gourgue O, Lambrechts J, Comblen R, Legat V, Deleersnijder E (2011) A fully implicit wetting-drying method for DG-FEM shallow water models, with an application to the Scheldt Estuary. Comput Meth Appl Mech Eng 200:509-524
27. Kagan BA, Alvarez O, Izquierdo A (2005) Weak wind-wave/tide interaction over fixed and moveable bottoms: a formulation and some preliminary results. Cont Shelf Res 25:753-773 (Pubitemid 40406144)
28. Legrand S, Deleersnijder E, Hanert E, Legat V, Wolanski E (2006) Highresolution, unstructured meshes for hydrodynamic models of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 68:36-46 (Pubitemid 43782987)
29. Legrand S, Deleersnijder E, Delhez E, Legat V (2007) Unstructured, anisotropic mesh generation for the Northwestern European continental shelf, the continental slope and the neighbouring ocean. Cont Shelf Res 27:1344-1356 (Pubitemid 46755996)
30. Oey L-Y (2005) Awetting and drying scheme for POM. Ocean Model 9:133-150
31. Nicolle A, Karpytchev M (2007) Evidence for spatially variable friction from tidal amplification and asymmetry in a shallow semi-diurnal embayment: the Pertuis Breton Bay of Biscay, France. Cont Shelf Res 27:2346-2356 (Pubitemid 47552732)
32. Nicolle A, Karpytchev M, Benoit M (2009) Amplification of the storm surges in shallow waters of the Pertuis Charentais (Bay of Biscay, France). Ocean Dyn 59:921-935
33. Smagorinsky J (1963) General circulation experiments with the primitive equations. 1. The basic experiment. Mon Weather Rev 91:99-164
34. Walters RA (2005) Coastal ocean models: two useful finite element methods. Cont Shelf Res 25:775-793 (Pubitemid 40406145)