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Geoffrey Wake
CSML Postdoctoral Research Associate
Research
objective: Develop the hydrodynamic model DYRESM
for application to mine lakes in order that it may
be used to provide a workable model
for evaluation
of the
forecast environmental issues at that site, with and without
remediation.
Hydrodynamics
of mine lakes: Such water bodies have a smaller lake
area-to-depth ratio than natural water bodies and are typically
surrounded by steep embankments. As such, they may be subject to
significant sheltering from the wind as well as incoming solar
radiation (during certain periods of the day) which, in turn, will
affect the hydrodynamical response of the mine lake. The chemical
composition of the mine lake water may differ significantly from that
of seawater so that density calculations based on standard
relationships with salinity measurements may produce erroneous results.
In this instance, a suitable equation of state will need ot be derived
in order to accurately model the hydrodynamics.
See a recent comparison between field observations and model simulations
See a recent comparison between field observations and model simulations
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