Literature Review

This section documents modelling choices from other studies in this region or similar regions. It inlcudes an outline of choices in grid type, resolution, bottom friction, and turbulence closure.

Study	Region	Model	Horizontal Grid	Vertical Grid	Horizontal Mixing	Vertical Mixing	Bottom Friction
Sutherland et al (2011)	Salish Sea and Puget Sound	ROMS	min 280 m res	20 terrain-following smoothing dh/h<0.4	constant diff 2 m2/s no explicit viscosity	k-eps with Canuto A functions background diff/visc 5e-6 m2/s	quadratic 3e-3
Masson and Cummins (2004)	Salish Sea	POM	2km res	31 sigma levels	Smagorinsky sensitivity to HORCON HORCON = 0.03 or 0.06	Mellor Yamada 2.5
Foreman et al (2012)	Discovery Islands	FVCOM	triangular	21 sigma levels smoothing dh/h<0.6	Smagorinsky coefficient 0.2	q-eps (Tian and Chen, 2006) background diff/visc 1e-6 m2/s	log layer roughness 0.001 min 0.0025
Stacey et al (1995)	Knight Inlet	2D			constant diff/visc choosen for stability	Mellor Yamada 2.5 adjustment for internal waves	quadratic
Foreman et al (2006)	Broughton Archipelago	ELCIRC		z-coordinate smoothing dh/h<1		GLS	quadratic 0.003
Foreman et al (2009)	Broughton Archipelago	FVCOM	triangular	21 sigma levels higher res at surface higher res at bottom	Smagorinksy coefficient 0.2	Mellor Yamada 2.5 background diff 1e-6 m2/s surface wave mixing param	log layer cd0 = 0.003 roughness=0.005m
MacCready et al (2009)	Columbia River estuary	ROMS	400m res plume & estuary	s-coordinate smoothing dh/h<0.8 20 sigma levels		GLS K-eps with Canuto A functions background diff/visc 5e-6 m2/s	log layer quadratic 3e-3
Baptista et al (2005)	Columbia River	ELCIRC within CORIE		z-coordinate		kkl closure max diff 5e-5 m2/s	spatially varying cd0

References

• Foreman et al (2006). Estuarine and Tidal Currents in the Broughton Archipelago. Atmosphere-Ocean.

• Foreman et al (2009). A finite volume model simulation for the Broughton Archipelago, Canada. Ocean Modelling.

• Foreman et al (2012). A Circulation Model for the Discovery Islands, British Columbia. Atmosphere-Ocean.

• Masson and Cummins (2004). Observations and modeling of seasonal variability in the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. Journal of Marine Research.

• Sutherland et al (2011). A Model Study of the Salish Sea Estuarine Circulation. Journal of Physical Oceanography.

• Stacey et al (1995). A Numerical Model of the Circulation in Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Physical Oceanography.

• MacCready et al (2009). A model study of tide- and wind-induced mixing in the Columbia River Estuary and plume. Continental Shelf Research.

• Baptista et al (2005). A cross-scale model for 3D baroclinic circulation in estuary-plume-shelf systems: II. Application to the Columbia River. Continental Shelf Research.