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Jin Zhang, Li Cheng, Yajun Wang and Chenjuan Jiang
Stratification and mixing of the water column is an important dynamic process in the estuary, which plays a significant role in the estuarine circulation, mass transport and energy exchange. Based on the multi-station synchronous observation data from 26...
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Zheen Zhang, Xueen Chen and Thomas Pohlmann
The impact of fortnightly stratification variability induced by tide?topography interaction on the generation of baroclinic tides in the Luzon Strait is numerically investigated using the MIT general circulation model. The simulation shows that advection...
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Tobias Gronemeier, Siegfried Raasch and Edward Ng
Ventilation in cities is crucial for the well being of their inhabitants. Therefore, local governments require air ventilation assessments (AVAs) prior to the construction of new buildings. In a standard AVA, however, only neutral stratification is consi...
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Jinichi Koue, Hikari Shimadera, Tomohito Matsuo and Akira Kondo
Climatic factors such as air temperature and wind speed can affect the structure of stratification in Lake Biwa. In general, the rise in air temperature and the decrease in wind speed weaken the vertical mixing and strengthen the structure of the stratif...
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Fang Yang, Xiaomei Ji, Wei Zhang, Huazhi Zou, Wenzhi Jiang and Yanwen Xu
In an estuary, stratification processes play a major role in inhibiting estuarine circulation, sediment transport, and the estuarine ecosystem. A detailed examination of the salinity stratification through the gradient Richardson number and the potential...
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Jinichi Koue, Hikari Shimadera, Tomohito Matsuo and Akira Kondo
Water temperature near the surface of a lake increases with increasing air temperature, which results in stratification. The strength of stratification substantially influences the transport of water parcels from the surface to the bottom of a lake. In r...
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Jacek Hunicz, Aymen Tmar and Pawel Krzaczek
The stratification of in-cylinder mixtures appears to be an effective method for managing the combustion process in controlled auto-ignition (CAI) engines. Stratification can be achieved and controlled using various injection strategies such as split fue...
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Bijan Dargahi, Venkat Kolluru and Vladimir Cvetkovic
The hydrodynamic and transport characteristics of the Baltic Sea in the period 2000?2009 were studied using a fully calibrated and validated 3D hydrodynamic model with a horizontal resolution of 4.8 km. This study provided new insight into the type and d...
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Bijan Dargahi, Venkat Kolluru and Vladimir Cvetkovic
The hydrodynamic and transport characteristics of the Baltic Sea in the period 2000?2009 were studied using a fully calibrated and validated 3D hydrodynamic model with a horizontal resolution of 4.8 km. This study provided new insight into the type and d...
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Soheila Taebi, Charitha Pattiaratchi, Ivan Haigh and Gary Kendrick
Hypersaline Hamelin Pool, with mean salinity >65, is located in Shark Bay, Western Australia. The high salinity has reduced its biodiversity, but it is home to a diverse assemblage of modern marine stromatolites. The limited exchange of water between Ham...
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Chao Deng, Hong Zhang and David P. Hamilton
This study combined a catchment model and one-dimensional lake model (GLM-AED) to simulate the response of hydrodynamics and water quality of subtropical Advancetown Lake (South-East Queensland, Australia) to future changing climates from 2040 to 2069 an...
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Yin Zhang, Jian Shen, Liwei He, Jimeng Feng, Lina Chi and Xinze Wang
Human activities, global warming, frequent extreme weather events, and changes in atmospheric composition affect the solar radiation reaching the Earth?s surface, affect mass and heat transfer at the air?water interface, and induce oscillations in wind-d...
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Chunggil Jung, Gayeong Lee and Jongyoon Park
Anthropogenic development can strongly influence natural river processes, leading to environmental changes that negatively affect important habitats and biodiversity and consequently reduce economically important natural resources. This study investigate...
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Lijin Liu, Youcai Tuo, Hao Xia, Yun Deng, Xu Zhang and Haoyu Wang
The discharge of low-temperature water from the middle and lower layers of thermally stratified dam reservoirs leads to thermal pollution and adversely affects fish production and reproduction in downstream rivers. Selective water withdrawal using stoplo...
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Binbin Wang, Yaoming Ma, Yan Wang, Lazhu, Lu Wang, Weiqiang Ma and Bob Su
Lake stratification and mixing processes can influence gas and energy transport in the water column and water?atmosphere interactions, thus impacting limnology and local climate. Featuring the largest high-elevation inland lake zone in the world, compreh...
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Yang Sao Xiong and Mark E. Pfeifer
Although spatial assimilation has often been defined as the process whereby a group attains residential propinquity with majority members of a host society, we argue that for certain immigrant groups, substantial suburbanization does not necessarily lead...
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Elias Pipinis, Athanasios Stampoulidis, Aikaterini Angeliki Kotoula, Elias Milios, Stefanos Kostas, Stefanos Hatzilazarou, Evgenia Papaioannou, Alexandros Papaeirinaios, Kyriaki Kitikidou and Kalliopi Radoglou
Arbutus andrachne, the Greek strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae native to the Mediterranean basin, and is a valuable phytogenetic resource. In the context of sustainable exploitation of A. andrachne, four Greek n...
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Kun Liu, Jianting Du, Xiaoli Guo Larsén and Zhan Lian
Offshore wind farms (OWFs) generate large-scale wind wakes, which might lead to upwelling/downwelling. Understanding the vertical marine response to the wake effects is crucial for assessing the ecological impacts of OWFs and optimizing their co-deployme...
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Mohammad Nabi Allahdadi, Chunyan Li and Nazanin Chaichitehrani
Cold fronts are meteorological phenomena that impact the northern Gulf of Mexico, mostly between the fall and spring seasons. On average, they pass the region every 3?7 days, with a duration ranging between 24 and 74 h. In the present study, a high-resol...
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Jae-Soon Jeong, Seung-Buhm Woo, Han Soo Lee, Bon-Ho Gu, Jong Wook Kim and Jin Il Song
This study investigated the flow patterns and affecting factors in the North Port of Incheon, South Korea, to understand the inner-port circulation characteristics by applying an unstructured grid finite volume community ocean model (FVCOM) together with...
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