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Three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of San Pablo Bay on an unstructured grid
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| Title: | Three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of San Pablo Bay on an unstructured grid |
| Authors: | MacWilliams, Michael L.
Cheng, Ralph T. |
| Keywords: | Coastal modeling
Tidal currents
Coastal hydrodynamics |
| Issue Date: | 12-Sep-2006 |
| Publisher: | Michael Piasecki and College of Engineering, Drexel University |
| Citation: | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1860/732 |
| Abstract: | A three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of San Francisco Bay was developed using the
three-dimensional hydrodynamic model UnTRIM. The model was calibrated using continuous
water level measurements and ADCP data in San Francisco Bay, and validated during an additional
simulation period using current velocity measurements. The model was developed to support the
Hamilton Wetlands Restoration Project, a joint undertaking by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the California Coastal Conservancy to restore 2.6 km2 of tidal marsh bordering San Pablo Bay.
The restoration effort is expected to make use of more than 8.1 million m3 of dredged materials to
raise the elevation of subsided wetlands. The placement of an Aquatic Transfer Facility (ATF) in
San Pablo Bay is being considered by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to serve as a temporary
holding site for dredge sediments before they are transferred to the Hamilton Wetlands restoration
site. The San Francisco Bay model presented in this paper was developed as part of a larger study to
evaluate potential impacts of the proposed ATF on circulation and sediment transport dynamics in
San Pablo Bay. This paper presents the model calibration and validation, while the full analysis of
proposed ATF conditions is presented in a separate technical report. |
| Description: | Paper presented at The Seventh International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE) hosted by the College of Engineering at Drexel Univeristy on September 10-13, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The conference theme was IT in the Field of HydroSciences. It included several mini-symposia that emphasized IT topics in HydroSciences and the yearly meeting of the metadata group of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange organization. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1860/1438 |
| ISBN: | 0977447405 |
| Appears in Collections: | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on HydroScience and Engineering (ICHE 2006) [ISBN: 0977447405]
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