Spreading of floating marine microplastics
This study aims to get an insight into the particle trajectories that microplastics follow, after having been released in the North Sea. For the computations daily-mean values of the surface currents are used, retrieved from the Mercator global ocean model. 2D particles trajectories are simulated fo...
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fttudelft:oai:tudelft.nl:uuid:b0224272-9972-4708-b14b-703dcfb70e51 2023-07-30T04:01:50+02:00 Spreading of floating marine microplastics Wegman, Tess (author) Pietrzak, Julie (mentor) de Boer, Gerben (mentor) Keyzer, Lennart (graduation committee) Delft University of Technology (degree granting institution) 2020 http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b0224272-9972-4708-b14b-703dcfb70e51 en eng http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:b0224272-9972-4708-b14b-703dcfb70e51 © 2020 Tess Wegman Oceanography Particle Tracking Microplastics student report 2020 fttudelft 2023-07-08T20:32:24Z This study aims to get an insight into the particle trajectories that microplastics follow, after having been released in the North Sea. For the computations daily-mean values of the surface currents are used, retrieved from the Mercator global ocean model. 2D particles trajectories are simulated for a year, with a 3rd party Python toolbox for Lagrangian simulation of particles: OceanParcels. Particles released from any location in the North Sea eventually get trapped in the Norwegian Coastal Current (NCC). From here they are being further advected to the North, at different moments in time for the particles released at different locations. The coastal processes in the NCC are mainly linked to wind and stratification, hence variations in ow patterns near the coast are linked to the seasons. When these ow pattern include large scale eddies, the particles follow a meandering and erratic path. Floating plastic particles released in the North Sea will flow northwards along the coast of Norway. Eventually those particles will end up in the Arctic region or get trapped in the Norwegian fjords, independently of the location of release. However, the time scale of the northward advection depends both on where the particle has been released and the environmental conditions. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Delft University of Technology: Institutional Repository Arctic Norway |
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This study aims to get an insight into the particle trajectories that microplastics follow, after having been released in the North Sea. For the computations daily-mean values of the surface currents are used, retrieved from the Mercator global ocean model. 2D particles trajectories are simulated for a year, with a 3rd party Python toolbox for Lagrangian simulation of particles: OceanParcels. Particles released from any location in the North Sea eventually get trapped in the Norwegian Coastal Current (NCC). From here they are being further advected to the North, at different moments in time for the particles released at different locations. The coastal processes in the NCC are mainly linked to wind and stratification, hence variations in ow patterns near the coast are linked to the seasons. When these ow pattern include large scale eddies, the particles follow a meandering and erratic path. Floating plastic particles released in the North Sea will flow northwards along the coast of Norway. Eventually those particles will end up in the Arctic region or get trapped in the Norwegian fjords, independently of the location of release. However, the time scale of the northward advection depends both on where the particle has been released and the environmental conditions. |
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