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 (Portela, 1996; Pina et al., 2000; Pina, 2001; Leitão, 2002; Braunschweig et al., 2003; Pina et al., 2003; Leitão et al., 2003b; Fernandes, L., 2005; Saraiva et al., 2005; 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 (Taboada et al., 2000; Villarreal et al., 2000; Villarreal et al., 2002; deCastro et al., 2004),
• Vigo (Taboada et al., 1998; Montero, 1999; Montero et al., 1999; 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).

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).

Submarine canyons

• Aviles (Spain) (Villareal et al., 2004),
• Nazaré (Portugal) (Garcia et al., submitted).

Coastal systems

• Algarve coastal circulation (Portugal) (Leitão et al., 2005; Leitão, 2007),
• Chilean Patagonian fjord region (Marín & Campuzano, 2007),
• Estoril Coast (Portugal) (Fernandes, R., 2005),
• Galician Coast (Spain) (Leitão et al., 2003a; Carracedo et al., 2006),
• São Paulo province coastal area (Brazil) (Leitão et al., 2004).

Ocean

• 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)