Tidal hydrodynamics of north Bahrain coastal area

Abstract EN

The Northern Bahrain coastal area has been modeled and the tidal hydrodynamics along the coast are studied through a numerical modeling study.

The numerical model is developed using the finite-element code, RMA2.

The boundary conditions for the model are given in terms of water levels, which were extracted from the Tide Tables of Bahrain as well as from a large-scale numerical model developed in-house covering the entire coast of Bahrain.

A comparison between water levels and the current velocities estimated from the present numerical model study with available literature shows good agreement.

The details of the numerical scheme, model setup, and results are presented and discussed in this paper.