Modeling the barotropic tidal dynamics of the Kuril region

   A 3D boundary-value problem for computation barotropic tidal dynamics is solved at Kuril region, including southern part of the Okhotsk Sea, the Kuril Straits and its continental slope. The model is realised in statement for the contravariant components of velocity vector of the Programmed Complex “Cardinal”. Modeling the tidal dynamics of the straits of the Kuril Сhain and its continental slope is of particular importance due to the high geostrategic prestige of the region. The exceptional complexity of the relief of the area containing dozens of underwater volcanoes requires solving the problem in a complete non-hydrostatic formulation; this necessitates a multiprocessor implementation of the model with a high grid resolution for model representativity. An efficient methods for tidal dynamic reproduction at the 2D vertical cross-cuts domain is described. A statement of boundary problem at vertical cross-cuts is considered both in non-hydrostatic formulation and hydrostatic approximation. The results of computation contain the field of level tidal currents generated by the dominant wave K1 and summary wave in the synodic period; results of comparison the bottom vertical velocity at submarine mountain and on sharp depth changes in the hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic statements, result related to structure vertical velocity at cross-cut, the frequency spectrum and energy of tidal currents.

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