Numerical Simulation of Douro
River Accident (March, 2001)
Trajectories
Simulation from 5 to 10 March
Simulation from 10 to 12 March
Os traçadores representados nestas simulações, deslocam-se sob influência do campo de
velocidades condicionado essencialmente pela acção do vento e por efeitos de
densidade.
Tracers represented on these simulations, move under the influence of the velocity field
determined mostly by wind action and density effects.
Wind Data
Wind forcing information from
ARPS model.
Grupo de
Física Non Lineal, Unidade de Observación e Predicción Meteorolóxica, University of
Santiago de Compostela.
Previous Results
Hydrodynamical and tracers
simulations in January and February of 1994 done in the context of a research project.
(OMEX).
Salinity distribution in
Douro river's mouth with an average flow of 400 m3/s.
Velocity field distribution
in Douro river's mouth with an average flow of 400 m3/s.