Author(s)

J.M. Crowther & F. Chen

Abstract

A one-dimensional coupled hydrodynamic and salinity model of the Clyde Estuary J. M. Crowther* & F. Chen^ Department of Energy & Environmental Technology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. 2 Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory,Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead, England, U.K. Abstract We report the development of a one-dimensional mathematical model of the hydrodynamics and salinity of the Clyde Estuary from Greenock to the tidal weir in Glasgow. The predicted tidal levels and the shapes of the tide curves agree well with tide gauge records at Rothesay Dock and the Broomielaw. The predictions of cross-sectionally averaged salinities along the Clyde Estuary also agree well with measured data. The accuracy of the model has been increased, relative to the usual one-dimensional model formulations, by dividing the lower estuary into a compound channel with three lateral compartments. The conveyance of the compound channel is then calculated for each longitudinal element o

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