San Francisco Central Bay Suspended Sediment Movement. Report 1. Summer Condition Data Collection Program and Numerical Model Verification

Abstract

Field data were collected on currents, salinities, and suspended sediments intensively over a lunar day and sporadically over a fortnight in September 1988 for the purpose of identifying transport processes and conditions in central San Francisco Bay and for numerical model verification. Conditions were typical of a low freshwater inflow summer season in this area. A two- dimensional horizontal finite element model was applied and verified to field and physical hydraulic model data. The model is intended for future long-term studies of the fate of dredged material dispersed from the Alcatraz disposal site. Keywords: Field tests; Currents/salinity; Transport properties; Water flow; Sediment transport; Mass flux; Numerical modeling; San Francisco Bay; Sedimentation/ deposition; Total suspended matter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA228040

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  • Allen M. Teeter
  • Larry M. Hauck
  • Robert A. Evans Jr.
  • Walter Pankow

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  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

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  • Acquisition
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reduction
  • Engineers
  • Fine Grained Materials
  • Hydraulic Models
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Measurement
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Self Assembly
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Waterways

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design

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