Circulation in the Gulf of Khambhat—A Lagrangian Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Hydrodynamic Model
2.2. Lagrangian Circulation
2.3. Residual Circulation
2.4. Model Calibration for Hydrodynamics
3. Results
3.1. General Circulation
3.2. Lagrangian Circulation
3.3. Residual Circulation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Data Availability Statement
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Tide | ||||
Location | Coordinate | Duration | Bias (m) | RMSE (m) |
Dahej | 21°39′9.1″ N 72°33′17.4″ E | 22 October 2015–01 November 2015 | 0.05 | 0.11 |
Surat | 21°04′4.7″ N 72°37′41.3″ E | 22 December 2011–01 January 2012 | 0.04 | 0.19 |
Bhavnagar | 21°27′25.0″ N 72°15′32.2″ E | 13 February 2011–15 March 2011 | 0.035 | 0.012 |
Current | ||||
Location | Coordinate | Duration | Bias (m/s) | RMSE (m/s) |
Dahej | 21°39′9.1″ N 72°33′17.4″ E | 22 October 2015–01 November 2015 | 0.04 | 0.58 |
Surat | 21°04′2.4″ N 72°37′39.7″ E | 12 February 2013–22 February 2013 | 0.09 | 0.44 |
Bhavnagar | 21°27′2.6″ N 72°15′47.2″ E | 29 September 2011–6 October 2011 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Location | Current Speed > 0.5 m/s | Current Speed > 1 m/s | ||||
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Southwest Monsoon | Northeast Monsoon | Pre-Monsoon | Southwest Monsoon | Northeast Monsoon | Pre-Monsoon | |
Eastern GoK | 76.0 | 66.0 | 51.0 | 14.1 | 12.8 | 5.4 |
Northern GoK | 22.0 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 0.4 | - | - |
Western GoK | 77.0 | 67.0 | 58.6 | 40.5 | 20.1 | 18.8 |
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Mitra, A.; Kumar, V.S.; Naidu, V.S. Circulation in the Gulf of Khambhat—A Lagrangian Perspective. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2020, 8, 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010025
Mitra A, Kumar VS, Naidu VS. Circulation in the Gulf of Khambhat—A Lagrangian Perspective. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2020; 8(1):25. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010025
Chicago/Turabian StyleMitra, Aditi, V. Sanil Kumar, and V. Simhadri Naidu. 2020. "Circulation in the Gulf of Khambhat—A Lagrangian Perspective" Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 1: 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8010025