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Advances in Modeling of Water Quality in Estuaries

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Water quality models are in great demand to complement studies about the status of estuarine waters. However, local models do not perform well when boundary conditions are not properly defined and when biogeochemical processes are not described with adequate detail. This chapter presents advanced modeling applications to perform water quality studies in Portuguese estuaries. Boundary conditions for hydrodynamics and biogeochemistry are provided by the Portuguese Coast Operational Model, downscaled by using nested domains with increasing resolution from the regional to the local scale. The nested models of the estuaries are described, and case studies are presented for specific estuaries to compute sediment transport (Tagus estuary), to calculate residence time of water (Mondego estuary), to forecast quality of bathing waters (Estoril Coast), and to quantify nutrient fluxes between estuaries and the open ocean (Ria de Aveiro). The level of detail used to represent biological processes in water quality models is also addressed, including the description of a case study about modeling of species vulnerable to water quality, such as Zostera noltii in Ria de Aveiro. The need for high level of detail to represent microbial loop and carbon cycle in estuaries is discussed with the application of a complex biological model to the Tagus estuary.

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    INAG - Instituto da Água, http://www.apambiente.pt

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    SANEST - Saneamento Costa do Estoril, http://www.sanest.pt

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Acknowledgments

Professor J.F. Da Silva of the Aveiro University for kindly providing monitoring data collected in Ria de Aveiro. Dr. Pedro Chambel, for kindly providing data of nutrients and freshwater inflows, calculated by using the SWAT model applied to the Vouga catchment. SANEST Project, S.A. (Saneamento Básico da Costa do Estoril) – Guia Submarine Outfall Monitoring Program. RECONNECT research project funded by Fundação para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT), under contract n. PTDC/MAR/64627/2006. LENVIS Project (FP7-ICT-2007/2/223925) financed by 7 FP7 of the European Commission. EASYCO Project, financed by the Atlantic Area Transnational Programme of the European Commission (EC), priority 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), contract n. 2008-1/002. EMoSEM Project, contract n. SD/ER/11, financed under the network program ERANET SEAS-ERA “Towards Integrated Marine Research Strategy and Programmes”.

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    Isabella Ascione Kenov, Francisco Campuzano, Guilherme Franz, Rodrigo Fernandes, Claudia Viegas, João Sobrinho, Hilda de Pablo, Andreia Amaral, Ligia Pinto, Marcos Mateus & Ramiro Neves

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Ascione Kenov, I. et al. (2014). Advances in Modeling of Water Quality in Estuaries. In: Finkl, C., Makowski, C. (eds) Remote Sensing and Modeling. Coastal Research Library, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06326-3_10

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