Regional Physical Oceanography: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Observations and Numerical Simulations
A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Oceanography".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 14
Special Issue Editors
Interests: numerical modelling; physical/biological/chemical interactions; remote sensing; estuaries and lagoons; coastal zone monitoring; atmosphere–ocean processes; water quality; climate change
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Interests: numerical modelling; climate change; coastal oceanography; coastal estuarine dynamics; aquaculture; marine pollution
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Regional physical oceanography provides vital insights into the dynamics of coastal and shelf seas, estuaries, and semi-enclosed basins. These systems, shaped by complex hydrodynamic processes, regulate biogeochemical cycles, sustain ecosystems, and support human activities. With growing pressures from climate change, sea level rise, and anthropogenic interventions, advancing our understanding of regional hydrodynamics and its implications for water quality has never been more urgent.
This Special Issue invites contributions that advance observational and modeling approaches to studying coastal and regional systems. Field measurements and in situ observations are essential to characterize circulation, mixing, and exchange processes, while numerical simulations provide powerful tools to explore dynamics across scales, test hypotheses, and project future scenarios. Equally important is the link between hydrodynamics and biogeochemical/water quality dynamics, including nutrient transport, oxygen variability, contaminant dispersion, and ecosystem health.
We welcome studies that address observational, experimental, and modeling approaches related to hydrodynamics and water quality in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal and shelf seas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: circulation and exchange processes, tides and storm surges, river–ocean interactions, mixing and stratification, water quality observations and modeling, model development and validation, and the impacts of climate change.
We look forward to your contributions to this Special Issue, which will help to advance the field of regional physical oceanography.
Dr. Ana Picado
Dr. Magda Catarina Sousa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coastal circulation
- shelf sea dynamics
- estuarine processes
- tidal forcing
- stratification and mixing
- water quality modeling
- biogeochemical fluxes
- contaminant dispersion
- climate-driven variability
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