Numerical simulation of tides and tidal currents in the Gulf of Thailand and its adjacent area

Wu Di; Fang Guohong; Teng Fei; Cui Xinmei

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.002

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Wu Di, Fang Guohong, Teng Fei, Cui Xinmei. Numerical simulation of tides and tidal currents in the Gulf of Thailand and its adjacent area[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2015, 37(1): 11-20. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.002

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Wu Di, Fang Guohong, Teng Fei, Cui Xinmei. Numerical simulation of tides and tidal currents in the Gulf of Thailand and its adjacent area[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2015, 37(1): 11-20. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.002

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Numerical simulation of tides and tidal currents in the Gulf of Thailand and its adjacent area

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.002

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The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
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The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China;Key Lab of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China

Received Date: 2014-03-10
Rev Recd Date: 2014-05-23

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Abstract

The principal tidal constituents K₁,O₁,M₂ and S₂,in the Gulf of Thailand are numerically simulated using the FVCOM ocean model. The model results are compared with observations at 47 tide gauge stations,which show a satisfactory agreement. The root-mean-square differences between the simulated and observed harmonics are 4.06 cm,3.76 cm,8.22 cm and 4.71 cm respectively. Based on the model results,distributions of tides,tidal current ellipses,tidal residual currents and tidal energy flux density vectors of K₁,O₁,M₂ and S₂ constituents are presented. Numerical experiments show that the accuracy of the existing digital bathymetry data (ETOPO1,ETOPO5,DBDB-V) is inadequate for a reasonable simulation of the tides in the Gulf of Thailand.
- FVCOM ocean model,
- tides,
- tidal currents,
- Gulf of Thailand,
- numerical simulation

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