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A Model Archive For Simulations In A Partially-Mixed Idealized Estuary Using The Coawst System: Model Code And Output, Danielle R.N. Tarpley, Courtney K. Harris, Carl Friedrichs Jan 2019

A Model Archive For Simulations In A Partially-Mixed Idealized Estuary Using The Coawst System: Model Code And Output, Danielle R.N. Tarpley, Courtney K. Harris, Carl Friedrichs

Data

This dataset includes model input, code and output used in the publication Tarpley et al. (2019, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering), which used a coupled hydrodynamic-sediment transport model to investigate the roles of flocculation, bed consolidation and sediment-induced stratification on changes in fine-grained sediment distribution in an idealized estuarine model. The modeling system used in the development was the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Wave-Sediment Transport (COAWST) framework.


Expedition Sediments: Mud's Journey Through The Watershed. Subjects: Earth Science / Environmental Science Grades: 9-12, Jessie Turner Jan 2019

Expedition Sediments: Mud's Journey Through The Watershed. Subjects: Earth Science / Environmental Science Grades: 9-12, Jessie Turner

Reports

Expedition Sediments is a game-in-a-lesson that allows students to explore the movement of sediments through watersheds by moving around the classroom. This lesson explores how grains of estuarine mud and sand move throughout estuaries and coastal regions, with a focus on processes surrounding a highly populated estuary such as the Chesapeake Bay. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain how sediments are transported through an estuary, graph sediment residence times in different locations, and compare the timescales of different sediment transport processes.