Obiettivo The project's overall aim is to develop process understanding and tested numerical models for Regions of Freshwater Influence (ROFI). It encompasses the study of the role of physical processes controlling water- property distribution and that of suspended sediments controlling the availability of light and nutrients for phytoplankton growth. The project comprises the construction of a fully coupled 3-D nearshore model. It will have high resolution (1 hour, 1 kilometre approximately) and extend offshore to any vertically-mixed region outside the ROFI. It will comprise a framework with modules describing: - the influence of tidal cycles and variable weather conditions including waves; - currents, temperature, salinity, turbulence, and diffusivity including stratification effects; - sediments including deposition, erosion, and flocculation; - plankton, nutrients, oxygen. The effects of boundary forcing by measurements or a wider-area model will be compared with those of focusing. Specific tests of model components against measurements will be performed. Model calculations will be tested for prognostic quality and robustness by comparisons with measured constituents in contrasted ROFIs. The following measurements to extend the data basis for ROFI process understanding and modelling will be performed: contrasted ROFI regimes; longer duration to cover variability over a seasonal cycle; more continuous salinity and fluorescence records; good vertical resolution suitable for testing the nearshore model; time series to determine ROFI dynamics and intermittency; time-series of near-bottom sediment transports. Systematic observations of the contrasted Rhine, Clyde, and Thermaikos Bay ROFIs will complement earlier measurements in the ROFI areas of the Rhine, German Bight and Po. Behaviour of the contrasting ROFIs will be inter-compared and interpreted using models. The outcome will be a defined set of observations, model code and model output on electronic media, and model-data comparison, suitable for subsequent integration and promulgation as test data, as well as a nearshore model for wider use. Campo scientifico natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesgeologysedimentology Programma(i) FP3-MAST 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology, 1990-1994 Argomento(i) 0101 - Circulation and exchange of water masses Invito a presentare proposte Data not available Meccanismo di finanziamento CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinatore NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Bidston Observatory L43 7RA BIRKENHEAD Regno Unito Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Partecipanti (8) Classifica in ordine alfabetico Classifica per Contributo UE Espandi tutto Riduci tutto ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Columbusstrasse 27568 BREMERHAVEN Mostra sulla mappa Collegamenti Sito web Opens in new window Costo totale Nessun dato Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Grecia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo University Campus 54006 Thessaloniki Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato Institut d'Hygiène et d'Epidémiologie Belgio Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 100,Gulledelle 1200 Bruxelles Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Kortenaerkade 1 2500 EX DEN HAAG ('S-GRAVENHAGE) Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF ITALY Italia Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo San Polo 1364 30125 VENEZIA Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG Germania Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Troplowitzstrasse 7 22529 HAMBURG Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UNIVERSITY OF WALES - BANGOR Regno Unito Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo Askew Street LL59 5EY GWYNEDD Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato UTRECHT UNIVERSITY Paesi Bassi Contributo UE Nessun dato Indirizzo 5,Princetonplein 5 3584 CC UTRECHT Mostra sulla mappa Costo totale Nessun dato