Modelling Tools
Complementary funding to address climate change and human impacts was provided through the "HGF-CLiCCS Excellence Network". Here, a range of novel modelling tools was developed for estuarine systems and the coastal ocean to assess the combination of a range of local climate change impacts of adaptation and mitigation measures.
Furthermore, hydrodynamic models have also been advanced for the Persian Gulf and the Mond River estuary, two inverse estuaries in arid regions; and a coupled atmosphere-ocean model for the entire Northwest European Shelf has been complemented by a biogeochemical model. Moreover, an unstructured grid model has been developed to assess the impact of mitigation measures such as Offshore wind energy production on the North Sea.
Large scale emerging hydrodynamic structures could be identified as a consequence of existing offshore wind energy production (Christiansen et al. 2022). Finally, coastal and shelf sea models are developed for the North and Baltic Sea which can address combined effects of climate change impacts and human impacts with a focus on offshore energy production, eutrophication and fisheries.