Lagrangian Model Simulation of Passive Tracer Dispersion in the Siak Estuary and Malacca Strait

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Putri, Mutiara R. | Pohlmann, Thomas

Affiliations: Research Group of Oceanography, Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Institute Technology of Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung 40132, Indonesia | Institute of Oceanography, Hamburg University, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, Germany

Note: [] Corresponding Author: E-mail: mutiara.putri@fitb.itb.ac.id

Abstract: The 3-dimension hydrodynamical Hamburg Shelf Ocean Model (HAMSOM) is used to study the dispersal of riverine pollutants in the Malacca Strait. Surface currents dominantly flow northward, i.e. from south eastern Java Sea to the Malacca Strait. The model simulations indicate particles discharged by the Siak River could reach the northern part of Bengkalis Strait within 20 days.

Keywords: Malacca Strait, hydrodynamic modelling, circulation, pollutant dispersion, seasonality

Journal: Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 67-74, 2014