Typical Scottish Shelf Model Applications

The Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) has a vast array of potential applications to all areas of marine science. The SSM can give a detailed spatial picture of the physical water properties, which would be unobtainable from observation alone. Examples of how the model has been used to date are

• Tidal energy resource maps from the wider Scottish Shelf Model
• Wave and tidal energy resource maps from the PFOW case study
• Assessment of impacts of renewable energy installations including tidal stream and offshore wind
• Connectivity studies for aquaculture finfish farm management areas within the integrated high resolution Scottish shelf waters domain
• Connectivity studies for benthic species within Marine Protected Areas and other habitat areas
• Oil spill trajectory modelling