Three-dimensional simulation of flow, salinity, sediment, and radionuclide movements in the Hudson River estuary
The three-dimensional, finite difference model, FLESCOT simulates time-varying movements of flow, turbulent kinetic energy, salinity, water temperature, sediment, and contaminants in estuarine, coastal, and ocean waters. The model was applied to a 106-km (66-mi) reach of the Hudson River estuary in New York between Chelsea and the mouth of the river. It predicted the time-varying, three-dimensional distributions of tidal flow, salinity, three separate groups of sediments (i.e., sand, silt, and clay), and a radionuclide (/sup 137/Cs) in both dissolved and particulate (those sorbed by sediments) forms for over 40 days. The model also calculated riverbed elevation changes caused by sediment deposition and bed erosion, bed sediment size distribution and armoring, and distributions of the particulate /sup 137/Cs sorbed by sand, silt, and clay in the bed.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 5267553
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-12778; CONF-8508103-2; ON: TI85018225
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference on hydraulics and hydrology in the small computer age, Orlando, FL, USA, 13 Aug 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CESIUM 137
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
COASTAL WATERS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
ESTUARIES
SEAWATER
CLAYS
COMPUTER CODES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
F CODES
FLOW RATE
HUDSON RIVER
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
SALINITY
SAND
SEDIMENTS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TIDE
TURBULENCE
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
DATA
DISTRIBUTION
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOISOTOPES
RIVERS
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
WASTES
WATER
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- Water- (1987)