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Application of Oceanographic Drift Models Charitha Pattiaratchi School of Civil, Environmental and Mining Engineering The UWA Oceans Institute The University of Western Australia

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Application of Oceanographic

Drift ModelsCharitha Pattiaratchi

School of Civil, Environmental and Mining EngineeringThe UWA Oceans Institute

The University of Western Australia

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Acknowledgements

Dr Sarath WijeratneDr Ivica JanekovicThe University of Western Australia

James Holder & Lucya RoncevichDepartment of Transport, WA

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

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Tracking parcels of water

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Advecti0n

Advecti0n + Diffusion

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Surface Drift Dynamics

TidesRiver inflow

Wind Waves

Stokes Drift

Environmental Forcing

Ocean Response

Drift Response

Direct Windage/

Leeway

Surface Heat Flux

Winds

Advected by near-surface

currents

Density Stratification

Depth Dependent

Currents

Vertical Mixing

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Drift Modelling

Atmospheric ModelWind, temperature,

precipitation, air-sea fluxes

Particle tracking modelWater mass, debris, sediment, larvae, turtles,

wrack, oil/chemical spills, search & rescue

Ocean circulation modelCurrents, temperature, salinity,

turbulence

Wave modelStokes drift

Wave momentum

Gnomeresponse.restoration.noaa.gov

Ichthyopwww.ichthyop.org

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Particle tracking model

Paul Irving, 2015

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Drift Modelling: wind effects

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Drift Modelling: Stokes drift

Mass transport due to waves

zu = Us

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Drift Modelling: wind effects

• Surface drift due to the wind : 2 - 3% of U10

• The Ekman currents at the surface strongly depend on thevertical mixing Kz : 0.5 to 4% of U10

• Stokes drift of waves of same magnitude order : 3% of U10

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Windage

Wind

Low windage, object sitting deep in water

Medium windage, object sitting half in water

High windage, object sitting high on water

Ocean surface

For example 5% windage means an object is moving with the current + 5% wind speed

Photo: Charles MoorePhoto: Randal Reeves

Photo: S/V “Tregoning”

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Wind to Wind to

Wind

Direction

From

Wind

Direction

From

Wind

to

L = -25o

L = +25o

RWD = -135o

RWD = +135o

Leeway Drift

Direction

Leeway Drift

Direction

Leeway divergence

• Leeway divergence tranportobjects at an angle relative to downwind

• Symmetry allows stable drift left and right of downwind (little jibing is observed).

→Diverging search areas with time

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Demo: initial conditions

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Demo: advection by currents

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Demo: advection by wind

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Demo: advection by wind/currents

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Demo: advection by wind/currents

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Demo: advection by wind/currents

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Demo: advection by wind/currents

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Shark Bay: 2000

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Particle Tracking (‘Age’)

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Peddies: 3 August 2011

Peddies: Petite eddies (diameter < 25km)

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Southern Surveyor Voyage

Peddie – 3 August 2010

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Peddie – 3 August 2010

Temperature

ADCP currents

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Northern Indian Ocean

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Location & Concept Plan

Port Geographe

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Sand trap

Bypass

Location & Concept Plan

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Port Geographe: 24 Aug 2015

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Location & Concept Plan

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Port Geographe: August 2011

The Problem

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The Problem

Oldham et al., 2010

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Seagrass Wrack

Oldham et al., 2010

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Wrack Dynamics

No detailed information available on wrack dynamics

Observations: Wrack present on beaches from May to OctoberNaturally ‘disappear’ in October/November

Hydrodynamics: Mode of transport (suspended/bedload ?)Settling velocity ?Critical shear stress ?

Stage 1 Study: Oldham C.E., Lavery P., Pattiaratchi C and Chiffings A. (2010) Research Study into Seagrass Wrack Movement in Geographe Bay

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‘Summer’ - quiescent period.

Wrack accumulates offshore in meadows and adjacent un-vegetated areas.

‘Winter’ - storm period.

Wrack is moved into surf-zone & beach. Whilst in the surf-zone, subject to long-shore transport.

Wrack ‘life-cycle’

Late Winter/Spring.

Wrack is removed from naturally from the beaches.

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Particle conceptual model

Resuspension

v

c

Transport (Currents, Stokes drift, Diffusion)Deposition (when zp<=zo)

Beach accumulation (τc increase and ws=0)

Resuspension from the beach (ws decrease back to initial)

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Bathymetry: existing/proposed

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Wrack transport

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Post construction

Construction completed in June 2014: ~ $27 million

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Search for MH370

Disappeared on 8 March 2014

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Area 1

Area 2

Area 3

MH370: initial search areas

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Search for MH370

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Predictions: August 2014

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Predictions: August 2014

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MH370: simulations

Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

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MH370: simulations

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MH370: simulations

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MH370: simulations

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Thank you