TY - JOUR
T1 - Predicting the occurrence of sand banks in the North Sea
AU - van der Veen, Henriëtte
AU - Hulscher, Suzanne J.M.H.
N1 - Open Access
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Sand banks have a wavelength between 1 and 10 km, and they are up to several tens of meters high. Also, sand banks may have an impact on large-scale human activities that take place in the North Sea like sand mining, shipping, offshore wind farms, etc. Therefore, it is important to know where sand banks occur and what their natural behavior is. Here, we use an idealized model to predict the occurrence of sand banks in the North Sea. The aim of the paper is to research to what extent the model is able to predict the occurrence of sand banks in the North Sea. We apply a sensitivity analysis to optimize the model results for a North Sea environment. The results show that the model correctly predicts whether or not sand banks occur for two thirds of the North Sea area.
AB - Sand banks have a wavelength between 1 and 10 km, and they are up to several tens of meters high. Also, sand banks may have an impact on large-scale human activities that take place in the North Sea like sand mining, shipping, offshore wind farms, etc. Therefore, it is important to know where sand banks occur and what their natural behavior is. Here, we use an idealized model to predict the occurrence of sand banks in the North Sea. The aim of the paper is to research to what extent the model is able to predict the occurrence of sand banks in the North Sea. We apply a sensitivity analysis to optimize the model results for a North Sea environment. The results show that the model correctly predicts whether or not sand banks occur for two thirds of the North Sea area.
U2 - 10.1007/s10236-009-0204-7
DO - 10.1007/s10236-009-0204-7
M3 - Article
SN - 1616-7341
VL - 59
SP - 689
EP - 696
JO - Ocean dynamics
JF - Ocean dynamics
IS - 5
ER -
