Coupled hydrodynamic and ecological simulation for prognosticating land reclamation impacts in river estuaries

Modeling the Impact of Extreme River Discharge on the Nutrient Dynamics and Dissolved Oxygen in Two Adjacent Estuaries (Portugal)

“…Given the complexity of these models and the frequent data limitations (e.g., lack of continuous in situ data), it is rare to find studies performing both processes simultaneously, as recognized by Whitehead et al [65] and Tomic et al [66]. By these reasons, a large number of modeling studies perform only one of these processes (e.g., [67][68][69][70]), or alternatively perform both processes for a very limited period or even solely based on seasonal data ( [71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78]). For the present study, and despite the common data limitations, both processes were performed for the hydrodynamic and water quality module in the Delft3D model implementation, following the procedures described below, and data sets presented in Section 2.2.…”