Abstract
An estuary forms the transition between the ocean/sea and a river and within its boundaries fresh and salt water mix. Fresh water intake points may be located within the reach of salt intrusion. In order to justify political and managerial decisions it is thus necessary to understand and be able to predict the process of salt intrusion in estuaries. For one-dimensional dynamic simulation of the hydrodynamics and salinity intrusion the modelling suite SOBEK is available. In the Netherlands this software is used to evaluate the impact of for example measures and climate change on salinity intrusion in the Dutch Rhine Meuse Delta (RMD). Recent validations of SOBEK have mainly focused on water levels and discharges, while less attention was payed to its capability to describe salt transport. Therefore the objective of this research is to obtain a better understanding of dynamic one-dimensional modelling of salt transport and improve the governing formulations with the newest scientific insights
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 77-78 |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| Event | NCR-Days 2017 - Wageningen, Netherlands Duration: 1 Feb 2017 → 3 Feb 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | NCR-Days 2017 |
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| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Wageningen |
| Period | 1/02/17 → 3/02/17 |
| Other | Netherlands Centre for River Studies is a corporation of the Universities of Delft, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Twente and Wageningen, UNESCO-IHE, RWS-WVL and Deltares |
Bibliographical note
A.J.F. Hoitink, T.V. de Ruijsscher, T.J. Geertsema, B. Makaske, J. Wallinga, J.H.J. Candel, J. Poelman (Eds.)NCR days 2017, Febr. 1-3, 2017. Book of abstracts, NCR publication 41-2017.
