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A numerical simulation of the seasonal cycle of temperature, salinity and velocity fields in Tokyo Bay
F Horiguchi1, J Yamamoto, K Nakata
1Research Center for Chemicals Risk Management, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. crm-horiguchi@aist.go.jp
Abstract:
To understand when oxygen-depleted waters occur, how they develop and when they dissipate in inner Tokyo Bay, realistic simulations were attempted with fine spatial and temporal resolution by applying realistic time dependent external forcing. A 3D hydrodynamic model was driven by time-dependent external forcing factors/parameters such as solar radiation, air temperature, relative humidity, wind velocity, and fluvial discharge, under the open boundary conditions of 1995. A simulated time series of salinity and temperature agreed fairly well with observed data, except in summer. The model failed to reproduce the development of the surface mixed layer in summer. Several sensitivity analyses on the external forcing parameters such as wind velocity and vertical diffusivity were conducted to reproduce the mixed layer. However, changing these parameter values did not improve the model results.
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