本研究透過數值模型，在與實測相似的空間尺度(field scale)下測試 TL07 理 論對於浮力驅動沿岸流厚度與寬度的預測情況，並指出 TL07 理論對寬度具有一 階(first order)的預測性，是由於零位渦度假設與兩層流體近似假設所產生之誤差 值𝐴0與誤差值𝐵0能夠大致上互相抵消導致。
在未來的工作上，為了確認 TL07 的理論確實存在本研究所提及的誤差值，
透過將河流初始的深度設為遠深於沿岸流厚度，我們可以建立一個近似零位渦外 流的數值實驗。根據本研究的結果，我們推論，在近零位渦外流的數值實驗中，
零位渦假設的誤差值𝐴0將會趨近於零，但是，TL07 理論對於沿岸流寬度預估的 誤差將會明顯增加，因為原本與兩層流體誤差值𝐵0相互抵銷的條件已消失。同理，
透過減少垂直混和(如改變 entrainment coefficient)，我們可以建立近似兩層流體 的數值實驗，在此條件下，誤差值𝐵0將減少，而 TL07 理論的誤差將增加。
另一方面，本研究的未來工作也可從修正 TL07 的兩個主要誤差來源出發，
如以等位渦近似（constant PV; e.g. Whitehead 1985）取代零位渦假設、以連續分 層取代兩層流體近似（e.g. Moffat and Lentz 2012），藉由了解這些修正對沿岸流 結構可預測性的影響，應能對沿岸流的基本動力有更進一步的認識。
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