North West Shelf Joint Environmental Management Study:InVitro Inputs - Water circulation and particle transport

The model used to compute the currents on the North West Shelf was developed within CSIRO Marine Research and is referred to as MECO (Model for Estuaries and Coastal Oceans). It is a general-purpose finite difference hydrodynamic model applicable to scales ranging from estuaries to ocean basins. It has found previous applications in systems such as the Derwent and Huon Estuaries in Tasmania, Gippsland Lakes, Port Phillip Bay (Walker 1999), Bass Strait, the Great Australian Bight and South-eastern Australia (Bruce et al. 2001), and the Gulf of Carpentaria (Condie et al. 1999). A full description of the circulation model as applied to North West Shelf and descriptions of the spatial and temporal characteristics of the circulation and connectivity can be found in Condie(2004).

用于计算西北大陆架海流的模型由澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织（CSIRO）海洋研究部研发，被命名为MECO（河口与近岸海洋模型，Model for Estuaries and Coastal Oceans）。该模型为通用型有限差分水动力模型，适用尺度覆盖从河口到大洋盆地的各类海域。此前该模型已成功应用于多个海域系统，包括塔斯马尼亚州的德文特河口与霍恩河口、吉普斯兰湖区、菲利普港湾（Walker，1999）、巴斯海峡、大澳大利亚湾与澳大利亚东南部海域（Bruce等，2001），以及卡奔塔利亚湾（Condie等，1999）。有关该环流模型在西北大陆架的完整应用说明，以及环流与连通性的时空特征描述，均可参阅Condie（2004）的研究成果。