Computer modelling of sea circulation pattern

Abstract

      Hydrodynamic models can be used to reconstruct the representative and characteristic situations. But, in the case of the Adriatic Sea or coastal regions, they can only do so with the expected accuracy if they are sufficiently evolved and complete to deal with all the complexity of the marine area and processes under study. Bathymetric and baroclinic effects, the multiplicity of tidal components and the general atmospheric forcing require fully three-dimensional, non­linear, with variable eddy diffusivity hydrodynamic model. The type of such model, that the author has worked on in Joint Research Center, Ispra (Italy) is also briefly described in the paper.