Author(s)

J.B. Hinwood & E.J. McLean

Abstract

A parametric hydrodynamic model of a complex estuary J.B. Hinwood/b E.J. McLean"^ "Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia ^Geography, Deakin University-Rusden, Clayton, Victoria, Australia 1. Introduction Parametric modelling of an estuary aims to produce cost effective and robust computer models for use by environmental managers. These requirements lead to a different approach to the developments of the last few decades which have emphasised detailed representation of the physics of the estuary. A scheme of classification of numerical models for the prediction of flow in tidal waters, including estuaries, was given by Hinwood and Wallis [11]. They classified the models into an array according to the number of spatial dimensions, the level of physics represented, and whether the model was eulerian or lagrangian. The spatial dimensions may be three, two (in plan or elevation), one (length) or zero (a single wel

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