Hervey Bay - insights from numerical modelling into the hydrodynamics of an Australian subtropical bay [Elektronische Ressource] / von Ulf Gräwe

Hervey Bay - Insights from NumericalModelling into the Hydrodynamics of anAustralian Subtropical BayVon der Fakult¨at f¨ur Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften der Carlvon Ossietzky Universit¨at Oldenburg zur Erlangung des Grades undTitels einesDoktors der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)angenommene Dissertationvon Herrn Ulf Gr¨awegeboren am 12. Juli 1974 in StralsundErstgutachter: Prof. Dr. J¨org-Olaf WolffZweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Emil StanevTag der Disputation: 11. September 2009...Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointedby the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. Sothrow off the bowlines. Sail away from the save harbour.Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.Discover ... - Mark TwainAbstractHervey Bay, a large coastal embayment situated off the central eastern coast of Australia, isa shallow tidal area (average depth = 15 m), close to the continental shelf. It shows featuresof an inverse estuary, due to the high evaporation rate (approx. 2 m/year), low precipitation(less than 1 m/year) and on average almost no freshwater input from rivers that drain intothe bay.The hydro- and thermodynamical structure of Hervey Bay and their variability are presentedhere for the first time, using a combination of three-dimensional numerical modelling andobservations from field studies. The numerical studies are performed with the COupled Hy-drodynamical Ecological model for REgioNal Shelf seas (COHERENS).