Modeling of tide in the Java sea coastal area between Jakarta and Cirebon, Indonesia: bathymetric data source and sensitivity tests due to bottom roughness and boundary condition

Abstract

Abstract With the on-going construction of deep water port in Patimban area, a more dense marine traffic is expected to occur in the coastal belt between the ports of Jakarta and Cirebon. Precise prediction of tide is inevitably becoming more important in order to maintain safe navigation. The purpose of this work is carrying out a dedicated tidal simulation for the area in question. The presented result contains primarily the selection of bathymetric data for the development of computational domain and sensitivity tests due to bottom roughness and the quantity of elevation points along the model’s open boundaries. For the purpose of constructing computational domain, we assess the suitability of global and national bathymetry data. Data from two water level stations in Sunda Kelapa and Cirebon ports are used to verify the model output, for example surface elevation due to tide. The simulation of tide is carried out using two-dimensional horizontal numerical model facilitated by Delft3D software. Sensitivity tests considering two bottom roughness values and three scenarios of boundary conditions are carried out. It is found that the short-term tidal simulation indicates reasonable agreement against tidal data from Sunda Kelapa and Cirebon stations. It seems that bottom roughness does not provide significant control to the resulting magnitude. We have learned that an optimum number of tidal elevation points along the boundary condition must be set. Despite of the demands in improving the tidal phase, our present results indicate promising milestones toward a precise tidal simulation for the domain in question.