The greenhouse effect and resulting increase in the Earth's temperature may accelerate the mean sea-level rise. The natural response of bays and estuaries to this rise, such as this case study of Santos Bay (Brazil), will include change in shoreline position, land flooding and wetlands impacts. The main impacts of this scenario were studied in a physical model built in the Coastal and Harbour Division of Hydraulic Laboratory, University of São Paulo, and the main conclusions are presented in this paper. The model reproduces near 1,000 km(2) of the study area, including Santos, São Vicente, Praia Grande, Cubatão, Guarujá and Bertioga cities.
The greenhouse effect and resulting increase in the earth's temperature may accelerate the mean sea level rise. Knowledge regarding the relative sea-level rise and its effects on coastal areas is reviewed here. Hydraulic processes, such as tidal forcing, prism, currents and storm surges, salinity intrusion and littoral processes, will be modified. The natural response of bays and estuaries to this rise, such as this case study on Santos (SP), will include change in shoreline position, land flooding and impacts on wetlands..
A caracterização da hidrossedimentologia do Canal de Acesso do Complexo Portuário do Maranhão foi conduzida a partir da compilação e análise dos dados de correntes existentes e da aplicação de modelagem computacional. Este trabalho também contempla uma metodologia para fornecimento de previsão de campos de corrente, a partir dos resultados das simulações hidrodinâmicas, e o fornecimento de previsão da evolução e migração das conformações de fundo. O modelo de transporte de sedimentos indicou pequeno transporte resultante nas Áreas IV, III e II, que explica a reduzida migração dessas ondas quando comparadas com a Área I.
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