Abstract
China is developing a artificial island to be used for an offshore airport in Dalian’s Jinzhou Bay, Bohai Sea. It is important to study the impacts on the marine environment of such a large-scale reclamation project. In this paper, a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model and an advection-diffusion water quality model are implemented to study the effects of the reclamation on the hydrodynamic behavior and pollution levels in Jinzhou Bay. Data from field observations performed in 2009 are used to calibrate and validate the models. The numerical models are also further validated by the hydrodynamic responses to a partial construction in 2012. Finally, the simulated results for the proposed full construction indicate that the creation of the offshore artificial island will greatly influence the near-field hydrodynamic characteristics. A mass of suspended sediments will be discharged, causing approximately of seawater pollution. The conclusions of this study provide an important foundation for the Dalian offshore airport program, and they can be used as a reference for similar coastal engineering and marine environment protection programs.
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Acknowledgments
This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71372087), the Education Ministry Programming Foundation of China (Grant No. 12YJA630128), and China Liaoning Science & Technology Project (Grant No. 2012220008). This paper was greatly improved by the comments of the editor and the anonymous reviewers. Thanks are extended to the colleagues from the collaboration departments for assistance in data compilation, analysis, and interpretation.
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Volume 141 • Issue 1 • January 2015
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Received: Sep 19, 2013
Accepted: Mar 5, 2014
Published online: May 7, 2014
Published in print: Jan 1, 2015
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