Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-521-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-521-2018
Model description paper
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06 Feb 2018
Model description paper |  | 06 Feb 2018

An axisymmetric non-hydrostatic model for double-diffusive water systems

Koen Hilgersom, Marcel Zijlema, and Nick van de Giesen

Data sets

An axisymmetric hydrodynamical model: model code and data K. P. Hilgersom, M. Zijlema, and N. C. Van de Giesen https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:95227d5d-2cf0-44ec-ab2d-705a626dcdf4

Model code and software

An axisymmetric hydrodynamical model: model code and data K. P. Hilgersom, M. Zijlema, and N. C. Van de Giesen https://doi.org/10.4121/uuid:95227d5d-2cf0-44ec-ab2d-705a626dcdf4

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Short summary
This study models the local inflow of groundwater at the bottom of a stream with large density gradients between the groundwater and surface water. Modelling salt and heat transport in a water body is very challenging, as it requires large computation times. Due to the circular local groundwater inflow and a negligible stream discharge, we assume axisymmetry around the inflow, which is easily implemented in an existing model, largely reduces the computation times, and still performs accurately.