Particulate pollutants in the North Sea - a review of three-dimensional numerical models of flow in the North Sea

In October 1988, the water Directorate of the UK Department of the Environment commissioned Hydraulics Research Ltd (HR) to develop a three dimensional model of the Southern North Sea capable of simulating the main processes governing the transport, dispersal and deposition zones of heavy metals adsorbed on to particulate matter which have been discharged into the North Sea. The first stage of the project required a review of previous 3D model of tidal flows and residual currents in the North Sea.