Applications

Mohid Water Modelling System has been applied to several coastal and estuarine areas and it has shown its ability to simulate successfully very different spatial and temporal, below it can be found a list of the documented applications.

Estuaries

Including the main Portuguese estuaries

• Douro (Pina et al., 2003; Silva et al., 2004; Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Guadiana (Cunha et al., 2000),
• Lima (Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Minho (Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Mondego (Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Tagus (Braunschweig et al., 2003; Leitão et al., 2003b; Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Sado (Martins et al., 2001; Saraiva et al., 2007b).

Along with most of the Galician Rias (Spain):

• A Coruña (Gomez-Gesteira et al., 1999),
• Ferrol (deCastro et al., 2002),
• Pontevedra (Villarreal et al., 2002; deCastro et al., 2004),
• Vigo (Gomez-Gesteira et al., 1999).

And some northern European estuaries:

• Western Scheldt (Belgium-The Netherlands) (Cancino & Neves, 1999; Campuzano-Guillén, 2004),
• Gironde (France) (Cancino & Neves, 1999),
• Carlingford (Ireland) (Leitão, 1996).

• Tagus, Portugal (Portela, 1996; Pina et al., 2000; Pina, 2001; Braunschweig et al., 2003; Pina et al., 2003; Leitão, 2002; Leitão et al., 2003b; Fernandes, L., 2005; Saraiva et al., 2005)

• Westerschelde, The Netherlands (Cancino and Neves, 1999);
• Gironde, France (Cancino and Neves, 1999)
• Carlingford, Ireland (Leitão, 1997)

Coastal lagoons

• Ria de Aveiro (Trancoso et al., 2005; Vaz et al., 2005; Saraiva, 2005; Saraiva et al., 2007b),
• Óbidos (Silva & Leitão, 2005),
• Ria Formosa (Silva et al., 2002; Martins et al., 2004; Saraiva et al., 2007b).

Coastal systems

• Estoril Coast (Fernandes, R., 2005)
• Ria de Vigo (Taboada et al., 1998; Montero, 1999; Montero et al., 1999)
• Ría de Pontevedra (Taboada et al., 2000; Villarreal et al., 2000)

Ocean

• Algarve coastal circulation (Leitão, 2007)
• Mediterranean outflow (Riflet, 2007)
• Portuguese coastal current (Coelho, 2002)
• Slope current along the European Atlantic shelf break (Neves et al., 1998)
• Mediterranean Sea (Taboada, 1999)
• Alboran Sea (Santos, 1995)

Reservoirs

• Monte Novo (Braunschweig, 2001)
• Roxo (Braunschweig, 2001)
• Alqueva (Braunschweig, 2001)