Chemical oceanography of the Persian Gulf

Brewer, Peter G.; Dyrssen, David

doi:10.1016/0079-6611(85)90004-7

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“…Evaporation is far greater than the combined rainfall and river discharge within the Gulf, leading to an inverse estuarine circulation and a counterclockwise circulation (Reynolds 1993). Surface water flows into the Gulf in the northern part of the Strait of Hormuz as a wedge of less saline water that penetrates deep into the Gulf along the Iranian coast (Brewer and Dyrssen 1985;Reynolds 1993), increasing in salinity and exiting at depth through the Strait of Hormuz (Kämpf and Sadrinasab 2006). Summer surface water temperatures (SST) average 33°C, with an upper maximum reported being 37.7°C (Sheppard and Loughland 2002).…”

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“…Summer surface water temperatures (SST) average 33°C, with an upper maximum reported being 37.7°C (Sheppard and Loughland 2002). Average winter SST, on the other hand, ranges from 22°C near the Strait to 16°C near the head of the Gulf (Brewer and Dyrssen 1985). The lowest reported SST was 11.5°C (Coles and Fadlallah 1991).…”

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The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf

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Burt

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The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf

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“…The limited data available, including those of Emery (1956), Brewer et al (1978), Brewer and Dyrssen (1985), and Reynolds (1993), show that inflow of the Indian Ocean Surface Water (IOSW) takes place mainly in the northern part of the Hormuz Strait, and continues northward along the Iranian coasts (Swift andBower 2003, Johns et al 2003). Swift and Bower (2003), through the examination of temperature and salinity profiles from the Master Oceanographic Observations Data Set at the US Naval Oceanographic Office, showed that seasonally-variable incursion of IOSW into the Gulf peaks in late spring.…”

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Three-dimensional numerical modeling of the water exchange between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through the Strait of Hormuz

Hassanzadeh

Hosseinibalam

Rezaei-Latifi

2011

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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In this study, the Navier-Stokes equations that embrace conservation equations of momentum, volume, heat and salt are solved by using a 3-D numerical model. Then, based on the values obtained, the structure and variability of the outflow/inflow between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman is investigated. The basic equations are cast in a bottomfollowing, sigma coordinate system which greatly simplifies the numerical solution. Conservative finite difference methods are used to discretise the mathematical model in space. The model results, which are in agreement with limited direct measurements in the Strait, show a volume transport of deep outflow and a near-surface outflow from the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman through the southern part of the Strait. About 65% of total outflow occurs in the bottom layer (40 m to the bottom) and 35% in the upper layer (from the surface to 40 m deep) during the year. The annual mean of surface inflow from the Gulf of Oman to the Persian Gulf, which occurs within the northern part 1 Corresponding author: shz@phys.ui.ac.ir of the Strait is about 0.2 Sv. The net volume transport annual mean through the Strait into the Persian Gulf is about 0.03 Sv. Strong temperature and density contrasts between bottom and surface layer waters are established in spring and summer. These are more pronounced in the southern part of the Strait. In the northern part of the Strait, the salinity contrast is nearly constant, but in the southern half it varies significantly during the year.

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“…The lands surrounding the Persian Gulf are dry so there is strong excess evaporation over the Persian Gulf. This results in a Mediterraneanstyle thermohaline circulation (Brewer and Dryssen, 1985). Accordingly, at the Strait of Hormuz in our model there is a surface inflow of relatively fresh (37-37.5 ppt) water and an outflow of deeper, more saline (38-39 ppt) water on the southern side.…”

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Chemical oceanography of the Persian Gulf

Cited by 118 publications

References 13 publications

The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf

The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf

Three-dimensional numerical modeling of the water exchange between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through the Strait of Hormuz

Operational Modeling: Semienclosed Basin Modeling at the Naval Oceanographic Office

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