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Water quality assessment through hydrodynamics and transport simulation in the S. Gilla lagoon, Italy
Abstract The paper describes the study of the hydrodynamic and transport features of the S. Gilla lagoon in Sardinia, Italy. The study, aimed at assessing the environmental quality of the water body, involved extensive use of numerical models based on the shallow water equations, thus enabling to simulate a number of different situations of practical interest. Based on field data, six meteorological and hydrologic patterns were recognised which were assumed as representative of the various conditions occurring in the four seasons. Typical winter conditions proved effective for the water refreshment, while the other seasonal patterns induced a stronger internal mixing. Thus, unfavourable salinity distributions with respect to the fish farm activities, which are carried out in the water body, were obtained with the winter pattern, whereas, on the other hand, a higher dilution of pollutants discharged by the river inflows was achieved. In general, between dominant winds, southeast winds proved more effective in forcing internal mixing than northwest winds. Two flood events with quite different return periods were also simulated, in order to estimate the extent of the inundated areas and the salinity depletion. The consequent salinity recovery was simulated both in natural conditions and with the discharge of salt sea water into the lagoon to accelerate the salinity re‐equilibrium.
Water quality assessment through hydrodynamics and transport simulation in the S. Gilla lagoon, Italy
Abstract The paper describes the study of the hydrodynamic and transport features of the S. Gilla lagoon in Sardinia, Italy. The study, aimed at assessing the environmental quality of the water body, involved extensive use of numerical models based on the shallow water equations, thus enabling to simulate a number of different situations of practical interest. Based on field data, six meteorological and hydrologic patterns were recognised which were assumed as representative of the various conditions occurring in the four seasons. Typical winter conditions proved effective for the water refreshment, while the other seasonal patterns induced a stronger internal mixing. Thus, unfavourable salinity distributions with respect to the fish farm activities, which are carried out in the water body, were obtained with the winter pattern, whereas, on the other hand, a higher dilution of pollutants discharged by the river inflows was achieved. In general, between dominant winds, southeast winds proved more effective in forcing internal mixing than northwest winds. Two flood events with quite different return periods were also simulated, in order to estimate the extent of the inundated areas and the salinity depletion. The consequent salinity recovery was simulated both in natural conditions and with the discharge of salt sea water into the lagoon to accelerate the salinity re‐equilibrium.
Water quality assessment through hydrodynamics and transport simulation in the S. Gilla lagoon, Italy
Atzeni, A. (Autor:in) / Balzano, A. (Autor:in) / Lai, G. (Autor:in)
Environmental Modeling & Assessment ; 3 ; 227-236
01.11.1998
10 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch