Study of tidal components amplitude distribution in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea using numerical simulation

Tide is one of the most regular changes of seas and ocean levels which are offering particular importance due to the influence on the flow pattern. According to engineering and environmental needs in industrial economic zone of Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman, knowing the tidal characteristics of these areas is important. Therefore FVCOM (ocean model) was used to stimulate the tidal amplitude in an area comprising Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea. Finite volume method is used in this model to discretize the hydrodynamic equations on triangular mesh. Uniform mesh is used with a resolution of 5 km in the model.The constant values of eight diurnal and semidiurnal tidal components are prescribed along the open boundary. In order to validate the model results, after applying harmonic analysis on the model outputs in desired stations, the achieved amplitude of this analysis compared with results which are obtained from the analysis on the available measurement data in these stations. According to the measurement and model results in these stations, meanwhile identifying the four main tidal components, the amplitude pattern of these components was determined in the whole domain. Also, by using amplitude of main components and estimating of F factor, the type of tide was predicted in the study area. Moreover, studying the maximum amounts of tidal velocity in the study area shows that the amount of this velocity in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea is less than 0.1 m/s.