Application of MOHID platform to simulate the drift of cetaceans stranded in coastal regions. A case study in the Paulista coastline

In this work it is simulated the trajectory of a beached whale sighted near Ilhabela region, in São Paulo coastline, Brazil, in November, 2017. The computational implementation was performed on the MOHID platform (HIDrodynamicsMOdel), using Water module. The downscaling technique was used to obtain local hydrodynamic currents at local scale. The validity of the model was considered satisfactory after comparing the results to satellite measurements of the sea surface temperature and also temperature and salinity profiles measured by ARGO buoys, attesting the purpose to use the model to simulate the trajectory of the cetacean specimen. The use of these technologies has great potential for researchers, since it allows the accompaniment of these organisms and avoids the stranding in tourist or densely populated regions, like Paulista region.