APPLICATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIP-SOROBAN MODEL TO SALT WATER MOVEMENT IN TONE RIVER ESTUARY

Abstract

The capability of a newly developed three-dimensional estuary flow numerical model named as CIP-Soroban flow solver is investigated. The model is based on Constrained Interpolated Profile (CIP) scheme and the Soroban computational grid system. The model is applied to Tone River estuary, and is examined in detail to reveal its inherent capability of simulating the dynamic behavior of density flow in the estuary. The model is tested by the comparison with field observational data of velocity and salinity distributions. The test shows excellent agreement between the observational data and computed results.