Benchmarking an unstructured grid sediment model in an energetic estuary
Abstract
A sediment model coupled to the hydrodynamic model SELFE is validated against a benchmark combining a set of idealized tests and an application to a field-data rich energetic estuary. After sensitivity studies, model results for the idealized tests largely agree with previously reported results from other models in addition to analytical, semi-analytical, or laboratory results. Results of suspended sediment in an open channel test with fixed bottom are sensitive to turbulence closure and treatment for hydrodynamic bottom boundary. Results for the migration of a trench are very sensitive to critical stress and erosion rate, but largely insensitive to turbulence closure. The model is able to qualitatively represent sediment dynamics associated with estuarine turbidity maxima in an idealized estuary. Applied to the Columbia River estuary, the model qualitatively captures sediment dynamics observed by fixed stations and shipborne profiles. Representation of the vertical structure of suspended sediment degrades when stratification is underpredicted. Across all tests, skill metrics of suspended sediments lag those of hydrodynamics even when qualitatively representing dynamics. The benchmark is fully documented in an openly available repository to encourage unambiguous comparisons against other models.
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- Oregon Health & Science Univ., Portland, OR (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (United States); Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) (United States); United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1376984
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1425614; OSTI ID: 1479006
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-97ER25308; AC02-05CH11231; OCE-0424602; ACI-1053575; NA11NOS0120036; 00062251; AB-133F-12-SE-2046; W9127N-12-2-007; G13PX01212
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- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Ocean Modelling
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Ocean Modelling Journal Volume: 110 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 1463-5003
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; sediment model; model validation; sediment dynamics; estuaries; Columbia River
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Lopez, Jesse E., and Baptista, António M. Benchmarking an unstructured grid sediment model in an energetic estuary. United Kingdom: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.12.006.
Lopez, Jesse E., & Baptista, António M. Benchmarking an unstructured grid sediment model in an energetic estuary. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.12.006
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"Benchmarking an unstructured grid sediment model in an energetic estuary". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.12.006.
@article{osti_1376984,
title = {Benchmarking an unstructured grid sediment model in an energetic estuary},
author = {Lopez, Jesse E. and Baptista, António M.},
abstractNote = {A sediment model coupled to the hydrodynamic model SELFE is validated against a benchmark combining a set of idealized tests and an application to a field-data rich energetic estuary. After sensitivity studies, model results for the idealized tests largely agree with previously reported results from other models in addition to analytical, semi-analytical, or laboratory results. Results of suspended sediment in an open channel test with fixed bottom are sensitive to turbulence closure and treatment for hydrodynamic bottom boundary. Results for the migration of a trench are very sensitive to critical stress and erosion rate, but largely insensitive to turbulence closure. The model is able to qualitatively represent sediment dynamics associated with estuarine turbidity maxima in an idealized estuary. Applied to the Columbia River estuary, the model qualitatively captures sediment dynamics observed by fixed stations and shipborne profiles. Representation of the vertical structure of suspended sediment degrades when stratification is underpredicted. Across all tests, skill metrics of suspended sediments lag those of hydrodynamics even when qualitatively representing dynamics. The benchmark is fully documented in an openly available repository to encourage unambiguous comparisons against other models.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.12.006},
journal = {Ocean Modelling},
number = C,
volume = 110,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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