PIE LTER trapping capacity of suspended cohesive sediments of subdomains at Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts (numerical simulations).

Summary

Short name: 

EST-PR-RO-IP-SO-SedTrapping

Abstract: 

Trapping capacity of suspended cohesive sediments of subdomains at Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts (from numerical simulations) are predicted using 2D Delft3D FLOW/MOR model and vegetation module during different stages of tidal height and direction.

Data set ID: 

536

EML revision ID: 

1
Published on EDI/LTER Data Portal

Citation Suggestion: 

Fagherazzi, S., Zhang, X. 2019. PIE LTER trapping capacity of suspended cohesive sediments of subdomains at Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts (numerical simulations). Environmental Data Initiative. http://dx.doi.org/10.6073/pasta/20a22fcc73d2966f505a5be962331c31
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Dates

Date Range: 

Saturday, September 1, 2018 to Monday, October 1, 2018

Publication Date: 

Thursday, September 5, 2019
People

Owner/Creator: 

Sergio Fagherazzi
Xiaohe Zhang

Contact: 

Plum Island Ecosystems LTER

Related publications: 

Fate of cohesive sediments in a marsh-dominated estuary

Project: 

Plum Island Ecosystems Long Term Ecological Research (PIE LTER IV, 2016-2022)
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Data sources: 

EST-PR-RO-IP-SO-SedTrapping_csv
EST-PR-RO-IP-SO-SedTrapping_xls
Methodology

Methods: 

We have applied the 2D Delft3D FLOW/MOR model with the vegetation module to Plum Island Sound, Massachusetts, USA.

The suspended sediment was released at four different instants during a spring tidal cycle: at high water level (SH), mean water level during ebb (ME), low water level (SL) and mean water level during flood (MF). The physical parameters of the cohesive sediment were kept uniform with a settling velocity of 0.5 mm s-1, and a critical shear stress for erosion of 0.05 N m-2. Since in all scenarios the suspended sediment mass in the water column after 1 month is negligible, we only measured the sediment mass deposited at the bottom of the different subdomains.

Refer to the paper below for details of numerical models setup and parameters setting.
Zhang, X., Leonardi, N., Donatelli, C., & Fagherazzi, S. (2019). Fate of cohesive sediments in a marsh-dominated estuary. Advances in water resources, 125, 32-40.  10.1016/j.advwatres.2019.01.003

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