Investigation and monitoring of suspended sediment in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, by means of satellite observations and numerical modelling

Ocean circulation models have been widely used to study the formation and distribution of surface sediments. In the present study a sediment transport model coupled with a hydrodynamic model and a wave model have been applied to the region of Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. Port Phillip Bay houses the largest container port in Australia, the Port of Melbourne. As a result it becomes increasingly important to understand and model or predict the behaviour of sediment in coastal areas and the Bay. The study couples a hydrodynamic model and a wave model with a sediment transport model in order to model suspended particulate matter at the surface.