4.6.17
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
Conclusion................................................................................................ 4-30
HISTORICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA ............................................................ 5-1
Seawater Temperature Data (Three Hottest month) ............................................ 5-1
Seawater Temperature over the Years................................................................... 5-2
Tide ............................................................................................................................ 5-3
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.3.3
General Tidal Characteristics ..................................................................... 5-3
Historical Tide Data ................................................................................... 5-4
Historical waves and current data............................................................... 5-7
Storm Surge................................................................................................ 5-8
Tsunami .................................................................................................... 5-13
5.4 Historical Storm Surge and Tsunami ..................................................................... 5-8
5.4.1
5.4.2
List of Figure
F
IGURE
2-1: IWPP S
ALALAH
P
ROJECT
S
ITE
........................................................................................... 2-1
F
IGURE
2-2: T
IDE GAGE STATION AND DISTANCE
................................................................................... 2-2
F
IGURE
2-3: S
EA WEEDS AT INTAKE AREA
.............................................................................................. 2-3
F
IGURE
3-1 C
ONTROL PANEL FOR PRESSURE SENSOR
............................................................................. 3-4
F
IGURE
3-2 P
RESSURE SENSOR
............................................................................................................... 3-4
F
IGURE
3-3 IDRONAUT-316 CTD P
ROBE FOR WATER QUALITY MEASUREMENTS
...............................3-5
F
IGURE
3-4 ADCP
DEPLOYED AT THE PROJECT SITE
.............................................................................. 3-6
F
IGURE
4-1 M
EASURED AND PREDICTED TIDAL ELEVATIONS FOR
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
..........................4-7
F
IGURE
4-2 M
EASURED AND PREDICTED TIDAL ELEVATIONS FOR FOUR DAYS
....................................... 4-8
F
IGURE
4-3: V
ARIATION OF
T
EMPERATURE IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(S
PRING
T
IDE
)............................. 4-1
F
IGURE
4-4: V
ARIATION OF
T
EMPERATURE IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(M
IXED
T
IDE
) .............................4-2
F
IGURE
4-5: V
ARIATION OF
T
EMPERATURE IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(N
EAP
T
IDE
)................................ 4-2
F
IGURE
4-6: V
ARIATION OF
S
ALINITY IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(S
PRING
T
IDE
) .....................................4-3
F
IGURE
4-7: V
ARIATION OF
S
ALINITY IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(M
IXED
T
IDE
)...................................... 4-4
F
IGURE
4-8: V
ARIATION OF
S
ALINITY IN THE
W
ATER
C
OLUMN
(N
EAP
T
IDE
) ........................................4-4
F
IGURE
4-9 M
EASURED WAVE HEIGHT AT
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
.............................................................. 4-1
F
IGURE
4-10 M
EASURED PEAK WAVE PERIOD AT
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
................................................... 4-2
F
IGURE
4-11 P
EAK WAVE PERIOD VERUS MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT
....................................................... 4-3
F
IGURE
4-12 M
EAN WAVE DIRECTION AT
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
............................................................... 4-3
F
IGURE
4-13 R
OSE DIAGRAM FOR MAXIMUM WAVE HEIGHT AT
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
.............................. 4-4
F
IGURE
4-14 C
URRENT MAGNITUDE AT
1.6
M ABOVE SEABED
................................................................ 4-5
F
IGURE
4-15 C
URRENT DIRECTION AT
1.6
M ABOVE SEABED
.................................................................. 4-5
F
IGURE
4-16 R
OSE DIAGRAM FOR MEAN CURRENT AT
T
AQA PROJECT SITE
............................................ 4-6
TH
F
IGURE
4-17: W
IND
R
OSE DURING
18
TO
24
THH
D
ECEMBER
2009...................................................... 4-7
F
IGURE
4-18 P
ARTICLE
S
IZE
D
ISTRIBUTION OF THE
S
EABED
S
AMPLE
A
T
T
AQA
S
ITE
............................4-8
F
IGURE
4-19 S
EDIMENT
S
TABILITY
P
ARAMETER OF
C
OASTAL
S
EDIMENTS AT
T
AQA
P
ROJECT
S
ITE
......4-9
F
IGURE
4-20: M
AP OF
D
HOFAR
C
OAST
................................................................................................ 4-10
F
IGURE
4-21: H
ABITAT
M
AP AND
M
ARINE
S
URVEY
L
OCATIONS
. ........................................................4-12
F
IGURE
4-22: V
EGETATED DUNE CORDON
............................................................................................ 4-13
2
F
IGURE
4-23: B
ENTHIC INFAUNAL BIOMASS
(
G
/
M
- )............................................................................ 4-24
2
F
IGURE
4-24: B
ENTHIC INFAUNAL DENSITY
(
INDIVIDUALS
/
M
- ).......................................................... 4-24
F
IGURE
4-25: B
IODIVERSITY INDICES OF THE IDENTIFIED TAXA
...........................................................4-25
F
IGURE
4-26: R
ELATIVE
A
BUNDANCE OF
P
HYTOPLANKTON
G
ROUP
................................................... 4-28
F
IGURE
4-26: C
ORAL DISTRIBUTION IN
O
MAN
..................................................................................... 4-29
F
IGURE
5-1: S
EAWATER
T
EMPERATURE
V
ARIATION OF
T
HREE
H
OTTEST
M
ONTHS IN
1988 .................5-1
F
IGURE
5-2: S
EAWATER
T
EMPERATURE
V
ARIATION OF
T
HREE
H
OTTEST
M
ONTHS IN
1995 .................5-1
F
IGURE
5-3: V
ARIATION OF
S
EAWATER
T
EMPERATURE OVER THE
Y
EARS
............................................ 5-2
F
IGURE
5-4: T
YPICAL TIDAL ELEVATION FOR
P
ORT
S
ALALAH
................................................................ 5-4
F
IGURE
5-5: C
UMULATIVE
F
REQUENCY OF
T
IDAL
E
LEVATIONS
F
ROM
1990-2009 D
ATA
......................5-5
