Heat, salt and tracer transport in the Plymouth Sound coastal region: a 3-D modelling study

Siddorn, J.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3848-8868; Allen, J.I.; Uncles, R.J.. 2003 Heat, salt and tracer transport in the Plymouth Sound coastal region: a 3-D modelling study. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83 (4). 673-682. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540300763Xh

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Abstract/Summary

A 3-D hydrodynamic model of the circulation, salinity and temperature within the embayment of Plymouth Sound, UK and its surrounding English Channel waters has been implemented. Thorough validation of the model shows that the main hydrographic features of the region, as characterized by these variables, are reproduced. The general flow characteristics, and the resultant distribution of freshwater from the main riverine source (the River Tamar), are described. The potential fate of contaminant releases within Plymouth Sound is investigated. Whitsand Bay, located south-west of Plymouth Sound, is shown to be a likely recipient for a proportion of these contaminants, irrespective of where in the Sound the release occurs, and as such is considered to be vulnerable to pollution events originating there.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540300763Xh
ISSN:	0025-3154
Date made live:	20 Apr 2021 14:44 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530111

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540300763Xh

ISSN:

0025-3154

Date made live:

20 Apr 2021 14:44 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530111