scholarly journals Daily temperature variations at the subsurface combined with water level records in Ajameti, Georgia

Author(s):  
Guenter Buntebarth ◽  
Tamar Jimsheladze ◽  
Genadi Kobzev ◽  
George Melikadze

High resolution temperatures at the subsurface down to 250 m and water level measurements were carried out in a borehole at Ajameti, Georgia. In both cases daily variations were analyzed for time periods of February/March 2018 and April 2018. Their frequency spectra demonstrate that the diurnal and semi-diurnal variations are generated by earth tides. The enhanced amplitude of the diurnal period at depth of 100 m coincides with the growth phase of vegetation. Frequent rainfall did not affect the temperature at 100 m or deeper but raises the water level. Daily surface temperature variations relate to the temperature variation at the subsurface during the growth phase of vegetation in April and down to 175 m. No relation is detected in records obtained during February/March and at 250 m in both cases. Vertical shift of the water column results from the prevailing temperature gradient and the temperature fluctuation. The estimated water flow yields an amplitude of 0.1 m at 250 m but increases continuously to 0.16 m at 100 m. However, the water level variation reaches only 0.03 m at the surface. It is likely that the free surface of the water level has an additional degree of freedom which causes the lower magnitude of fluctuation.

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 1328
Author(s):  
Michał Szydłowski ◽  
Wojciech Artichowicz ◽  
Piotr Zima

The Vistula Lagoon is located in both Poland and Russia along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. It is connected to the Baltic Sea in the Russian part by the Strait of Baltiysk. The purpose of the paper is to identify the dominant factors underlying the water level variation mechanism at Tolkmicko in the Vistula Lagoon, revealed by a statistical analysis of the measured data and a discussion on the inflow and outflow transport variation through the strait, estimated by numerical modeling. Seawater transport is exceptionally valuable in terms of the hydrological water balance in the lagoon. Historical research on the hydrology of the lagoon shows that the water exchange in the lagoon is quite complex due to the presence of several different sources of water balance, such as seawater inflow, river inflow, groundwater inflow, precipitation, and evaporation. Unfortunately, there are no current data on seawater inflow and outflow through the Strait of Baltiysk due to the lack of continuous flow measurements in the strait. A novelty of the current work is an in-depth statistical analysis of the water level variation in the Polish part of the lagoon over a long time period and an estimation of water transport through the Strait of Baltiysk by use of a numerical model. The model reproduces well the water level variation responding to variations in the sea level outside the lagoon and the wind action over the lagoon. The years 2008–2017 were chosen as the analysis period. A two-dimensional free surface shallow water numerical model of the lagoon was adapted to simulate the water level variation in view of the wind over the lagoon and the sea level variation at one open boundary. Finally, it was concluded that the water level variation on the Polish side of the Vistula Lagoon is dominated by two factors: the water level in the Gulf of Gdańsk and the wind over the lagoon. The average annual marine water inflow into the Vistula Lagoon was estimated to be equal to 15.87 km3.


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (31) ◽  
pp. 38861-38870
Author(s):  
Yufeng Li ◽  
Yuqin Wu ◽  
Alan Wright ◽  
Jiayi Xu ◽  
Hongyu Liu ◽  
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2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy Zinke ◽  
Nils Reidar Bøe Olsen ◽  
Jim Bogen ◽  
Nils Rüther

A 3D numerical model was used to compute the discharge distribution in the channel branches of Lake Øyeren's delta in Norway. The model solved the Navier–Stokes equations with the k–ɛ turbulence model on a 3D unstructured grid. The bathymetry dataset for the modelling had to be combined from different data sources. The results for three different flow situations in 1996 and 1997 showed a relative accuracy of the computed discharges within the range of 0 to±20% compared with field measurements taken by an ADCP at 13 cross sections of the distributary channels. The factors introducing the most error in the computed results are believed to be uncertainties concerning the bathymetry. A comparison between the computational results of the older morphology data from 1985–1990 and the model morphology from 1995–2004 indicated that morphological changes in this period had already had consequences for the flow distribution in some channels. Other important error sources were the inevitable use of averaged water level gradients because of unavailable water level measurements within the delta.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 490-495
Author(s):  
J. R. S. OLIVEIRA ◽  
J. MARCATO ◽  
F. S. PROL ◽  
R. MACHADO ◽  
F. B. DALMAS ◽  
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