Author(s)

Evangelos Tsirogiannis, Panagiotis Angelidis

Division of Hydraulics, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Kimmeria Campus, Xanthi, Greece.

Hydrodynamic circulation in a marine environment, characterized by the influence of strong tides, atmospheric loading and bathymetry, is a complex phenomenon. The physical and hydrodynamic characteristics of this flow are absolutely crucial for the vertical mixing of the sea masses and consequently for the mixing of their physico-chemical parameters, such as nutrients and oxygen, as well as for the diffusion and dispersion of passive pollutants, the recharge of the waters and the general environmental situation. This paper examines the effect of a future increase in mean air temperature on the water column stratification of coastal areas of interest, which are subject to the above loadings and receive treated urban wastewater, and how this increase could affect their diffusion and mixing of conservative pollutants contained therein.

3D Modelling, Stratification, Sewage, Euboean Gulf Greece, Climate Change

Tsirogiannis, E. and Angelidis, P. (2023) The Impact of Climate Change on the Stratification of Coastal Areas of the Euboean Gulf and the Diffusion of Urban Wastewater in Them. Computational Water, Energy, and Environmental Engineering, 12, 1-26. doi: 10.4236/cweee.2023.123001.