Trends of Sediment Resuspension and Budget in Southern Lake Michigan Under Changing Wave Climate and Hydrodynamic Environment

Zhu, Longhuan; Xue, Pengfei; Meadows, Guy A.; Huang, Chenfu; Ge, Jianzhong; Troy, Cary D.; Wu, Chin H.

doi:10.1029/2023JC020180

Title: Trends of Sediment Resuspension and Budget in Southern Lake Michigan Under Changing Wave Climate and Hydrodynamic Environment

Journal Article · 05 April 2024 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JC020180 · OSTI ID:2335393

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Great Lakes Research Center Michigan Technological University Houghton MI USA
Great Lakes Research Center Michigan Technological University Houghton MI USA, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering Michigan Technological University Houghton MI USA, Environmental Science Division Argonne National Laboratory Lemont IL USA
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research East China Normal University Shanghai China
Lyles School of Civil Engineering Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Wisconsin‐Madison Madison WI USA

Abstract Sediment suspension and transport driven by waves and currents play a significant role in both the ecological and physical environments of large lakes. Lake Michigan has faced a rapidly increasing water level associated with intensified wind waves in the past decade. To investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and associated coastal sediment budgets in southern Lake Michigan, a 30‐year (1991–2020) hindcast was performed using a coupled wave‐current‐sediment model (SWAN‐FVCOM‐CSTMS). We found that in southern Lake Michigan, the basin‐wide mean SSC increased, and the coastal sediment loss accelerated dramatically, corresponding with intensified waves, currents and lake water level rises over the past decade. The basin‐wide mean SSC, coastal sediment loss, wave height, wind speed, current speed, and water level in southern Lake Michigan are highly correlated. Spatially, the results reveal decreases in coastal SSC and sediment loss in the western portion of the southern basin, while the eastern sectors show an increase in both metrics. This reflects a clear shift in the wave climate and hydrodynamic environment. The alterations in long‐term coastal sediment budgets imply that considerable shoreline transformations are being influenced by modifications in the wave climate. Understanding the spatiotemporal characteristics of SSC and coastal sediment budgets is crucial for strategic water resource management and coastal infrastructure planning.

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OSTI ID:: 2335393

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research. Oceans Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 129; ISSN 2169-9275

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Language:: English

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