@misc{10481/63389,
year = {2020},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63389},
abstract = {Bays are coastal environments with significant socio-economic importance, which has led
to the development of human interventions in their interior that can have an important impact on the
water and wave dynamics, which in turn modify their morphodynamics and water renewal capacity.
In order to deepen our understanding of these impacts, numerical modeling was used in a bay in
southern Spain to analyze the effect of inner harbor expansion and channel deepening, including the
baroclinic and wave propagation effects, as well as variations in salinity and temperature. The results
show that the deepening of the channel decreases the amplitude and speed of the tidal wave as
it propagates through the bay, reducing the effects of friction and increasing the flushing time.
The system evolves from convergent to a damping system that can potentially reduce the effects
produced by projected sea level rise. In addition, the seasonal variability of salinity and temperature
is reduced, increasing the bed shear stresses and resulting in increased turbidity that can affect the
biogeochemistry of the bay. Finally, wave heights decrease along the main waterway, although
the yearly-average wave energy flux is only slightly modified on the interior beaches of the bay.
However, significant variations are observed during storms, which could affect the morphodynamics
of these beaches.},
organization = {Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness 	
CTM2017-89531-R
CTM2017-82274-R},
organization = {"Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnologia para el Desarrollo", CYTED 	
PROTOCOL 917PTE0538},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Human interventions},
keywords = {Flushing time},
keywords = {Numerical modeling},
keywords = {Salinity},
keywords = {Complex bays},
keywords = {Temperature},
title = {Beyond Human Interventions on Complex Bays: Effects on Water and Wave Dynamics (Study Case Cádiz Bay, Spain)},
doi = {10.3390/w12071907},
author = {Zarzuelo Romero, Carmen and López Ruiz, Alejandro and Ortega Sánchez, Miguel},
}