water-logo

Journal Browser

Journal Browser

Study on Environmental Hydrology and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of Basins, Estuaries and Offshore

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Oceans and Coastal Zones".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 662

Special Issue Editors


E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
School of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan 316022, China
Interests: watershed hydrological processes; riverbed evolution; estuarine dynamics; coastal and estuarine circulations; sediment transport processes of bays; modeling of coastal ocean processes; geographic infomation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

E-Mail Website
Guest Editor
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
Interests: physical oceanography; transport processes; sediment transport; flushing of bays; coastal and estuarine circulations; innovative observations; modeling of coastal ocean processes; weather induced oceanographic and estuarine response and impact to the coast; storm surges; cold front induced oceanic and coastal processes; arctic estuarine dynamics
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Human existence and economic development are intimately linked to watersheds, estuaries, and coastal areas. Understanding the aquatic environment in coastal areas is crucial for resource protection, exploitation, and use. The estuary's primary influencing region is the nearshore, and changes in the nearshore water environment are directly impacted by the river's substantial supply of fresh water as well as other materials including sediment and pollution. The study of the environment and hydrodynamic properties of basins, rivers, and nearshore is the main topic of this Special Issue, which includes the following subtopics:

  1. Water environment research
  • Water ecology and threnvironment, including ecological, environmental, and urban hydraulics, as well as hydrological properties of the basin;
  • Basin hydrological characteristics;
  • Estuarine hydrology research and application;
  • Water environment protection and pollution control (water environment evolution mechanism, water environment pollution simulation and governance);
  • River–estuarine–offshore carbon cycle mechanism;
  • Water and sediment numerical simulation and test technology;
  • Water resource investigation.
  1. Hydrodynamic issues in the estuary and nearshore environments
  • The interaction between estuary runoff, tidal current, wind waves, and brackish water mix;
  • Mechanism of estuarine saltwater intrusion (estuarine sediment movement caused by runoff, tidal current, wave, and brackish water);
  • Estuarine sediment movement and evolution law.
  • Estuarine water pollution mechanisms (pollutant migration and change in the nearshore ecological environment);
  • Field observation and remote sensing technique for dynamic variables near saltwater;
  • Wind, waves, tides, and currents, as well as their interactions, coupling mechanisms, and computation methods;
  • The mechanism that causes coastal and offshore engineering environmental disasters;
  • Hydrodynamics applied to the exploitation and utilization of estuarine and coastal resources.
  1. Hydrodynamic characteristics and numerical simulations of coastal waters and rivers
  • River–coast integrated hydrodynamics model;
  • Simulation of various dynamic elements, such as wave, tidal current, and river discharge;
  • Establishing and predicting a numerical model of coupled tidal current and wave activity;
  • Numerical modeling of estuarine and coastal sediment transport and beach evolution;
  • Hydrodynamic and water quality processes, as well as numerical simulations in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and wetlands.
  1. Watershed ecosystem degradation and repair mechanism
  • Water ecology's response to environmental conditions, advanced sewage biological treatment technologies, and carbon reduction and pollution treatment.
  • Monitoring and evaluating the quality of river basin water and its ecological environment;
  • Water resources' response to surface and climate change.
  1. Marine environmental protection and pollution control
  • The law governing tidal current, water exchange and pollutant migration and diffusion in coastal waters.

Prof. Dr. Biyun Guo
Prof. Dr. Chunyan Li
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Water is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • water environment
  • coastal estuary
  • hydrodynamic
  • mathematical model

Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue

  • Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
  • Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
  • Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
  • External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
  • e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.

Further information on MDPI's Special Issue policies can be found here.

Published Papers (1 paper)

Order results
Result details
Select all
Export citation of selected articles as:

Research

33 pages, 6498 KiB  
Article
Hydrodynamic Modelling Techniques for Bays and Estuaries: Simulation Methodology and Practical Application
by Alfonso Arrieta-Pastrana, Oscar E. Coronado-Hernández and Vicente S. Fuertes-Miquel
Water 2025, 17(5), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/w17050623 - 20 Feb 2025
Viewed by 396
Abstract
Some countries grapple with data scarcity for calibration purposes when establishing current hydrodynamic models, which often require many parameters. In this context, this research presents a practical simulation methodology for hydrodynamic modelling suitable for application in bay and estuarine systems based on mass [...] Read more.
Some countries grapple with data scarcity for calibration purposes when establishing current hydrodynamic models, which often require many parameters. In this context, this research presents a practical simulation methodology for hydrodynamic modelling suitable for application in bay and estuarine systems based on mass and momentum equations and requiring only one parameter for calibration—bed friction. The proposed simulation methodology is applied to a linear open channel measuring 200,000 m long. A sensitivity analysis of the bed friction is conducted to assess the proposed methodology’s response to the maximum water levels achieved. The results are compared to linear theory, indicating that the proposed simulation methodology effectively represents the water phase. In all simulations, the maximum root mean square error is less than 2.1% when neglecting bed friction and 4.69% when a bed friction of 0.005 is considered. The proposed simulation methodology can be a practical tool for hydrodynamic modelling in shallow waters. Full article
Show Figures

Figure 1

Back to TopTop