Estuarine Adjustment and Sensitivity

为开发两个简化模型提供了资金，用于研究河口对河流流量、风强迫和潮汐强迫变化的调整。最简单的模型依赖于代表垂直和纵向分层的两个体参数，而另一个是代表横向和层平均的。进一步的三维建模将使用ECOM-si，即普林斯顿海洋模型的修改版本，在简单的地形情景中进行。三维模型将使用威利帕湾和巴德湾的数据进行验证。三维模型的输出将与更简化的模型的解进行比较，并用于验证后者。还将进行实验室建模。这项研究的结果将很快转移到PI课程的学生身上。该项目与各州的环境管理人员密切合作，旨在将技术迅速转化为实际应用。

MacCready 0136760Funds are provided for the development of two simplified models to be used in an investigation of the adjustment of an estuary to changes in river flow, wind forcing, and tidal forcing. The simplest model depends on two bulk parameters representing vertical and longitudinal stratification while the other is laterally and layer averaged. Further three-dimensional modeling will be performed with ECOM-si, a modified version of the Princeton Ocean Model, in simple topographic scenarios. The three-dimensional model will be verified using data from Willipa Bay and Budd Inlet. The output from the three-dimensional model will be compared to solutions from the more simplified models and used to verify the latter. Laboratory modeling will also be undertaken. The results of this research will be quickly transferred to students in the PI's courses. The PI has close collaborations with state environmental managers intends rapid technology transfer to practical applications, as well.