THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF TIDES AND CURRENTS IN FUSHAN BAY, QINGDAO

The three-dimensional Princeton Ocean Model (POM) was employed to simulate the tide and current simultanuously for the first time in the Fushan Bay, Qingdao, China. By adopting the elevation condition that was combined with the tides M2, S2, K1 and O1 at the open boundary and by choosing the proper value of bottom roughness, the horizontal and vertical distributions of the tidal current and water level variations in the bay were computed. The results agree well with the field observation data, indicating that this model can be used to predict accurately the variation of tides and currents in the Fushan Bay and other costal regions in the future. Our study also provides useful information and a data base for the Olympic Projects that will be conducted in the Fushan Bay in 2008.