Dispersion Model for Tidal Wetlands
Publication: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 130, Issue 8
Abstract
Tidal wetlands in California are mostly estuarine salt marshes characterized by tidal channels and mudflats that are flooded and drained on a semidiurnal basis. Depths are rarely greater than 2 or 3 m, except where dredging occurs for harbor operations, and lengths from head to mouth are usually in the range of 1–10 km. This paper presents a coupled set of models for prediction of flow, solute transport, and particle transport in these systems. The flow and solute transport models are based upon depth-integrated conservation equations while the particle transport model is quasi-three-dimensional. Common to these models is an assumption that a turbulent boundary layer extends vertically from the bed and can be described by the law of the wall. This feature of the model accounts for: (1) momentum transfer to the bed, (2) longitudinal dispersion of dissolved material based on the work of Elder (1959), and (3) advection and turbulent diffusion of particles in three dimensions. A total variation diminishing finite volume scheme is used to solve the depth-integrated equations. Using this model, we show that dispersion can be accurately modeled using physically meaningful mixing coefficients. Calibration is therefore directed at modifying bed roughness, which scales both the rate of advection and dispersion.
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Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Volume 130 • Issue 8 • August 2004
Pages: 739 - 754
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Copyright © 2004 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Mar 21, 2003
Accepted: Feb 9, 2004
Published online: Jul 15, 2004
Published in print: Aug 2004
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