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Numerical Simulation of Transportation of Marine Microplastics A Review
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This review paper summarizes existing research on using computer models to study how microplastics move through the ocean, including effects of wind, waves, currents and particle size. It suggests future studies should combine sampling data with modeling to better predict microplastic distribution and improve the accuracy of these simulations.
The temporal and spatial discontinuity of microplastic sampling data restricts the investigation on their source,sink,transport pathway and trend. Numerical simulation combined with sampling investigation can comprehensively study the effects of microplastic characteristics,meteorology and hydrodynamics on the distribution and transportation of microplastics. In this paper,the studies of microplastic numerical simulation were reviewed from the aspects of numerical simulating research and their applications in microplastic tranportation,and the results were summarized as follows:The construction of the main driving force(current); the influence of environmental factors,such as wind,waves,topography and extreme sea conditions on the properties of microplastics with different characteristics(particle size,density,shape)and their tranportation; the application of numerical simulation in the study of microplastic removal. Based on progress on the study of numerical simulation of marine microplastics,the future directions were pointed out that the further simulating studies should focuson the spatio-temporal distribution and evolvement of microplastics by combining sampling data and numerical model, the simulating research on the relationship between microplastic parameters (roughness,wind drag coefficient,settling rate,resuspension rate and biofouling rate)and(meteorological and ocean)dynamic condition. Moreover,the results of simulating sensitivity experiments should be compared with sampling and laboratory testing data to improve the empirical parameters and formulas of numerical model.
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