Reference Concentration for Shelf Sediment Transport Models
Abstract
My long-term goals are to advance understanding of sediment transport processes. In this context, the long-term goal of this project is to advance understanding of the reference concentration, i.e. concentration of suspended sediments at a small distance above the seafloor. The scientific interest is in relating this reference concentration to the forcing conditions of waves and currents and the bed morphology. The new contribution in this effort has been to observe the reference concentration using a new instrument MSCAT. My objective within this project is to obtain field data on reference concentration and its variability as determined by variations in wave-current forcing conditions. Additionally, I shall characterize the size distribution and suspended velocity distribution of suspended sediments in the field. Complementary data on hydrodynamics have been acquired by Dr Dave Cacchione, and similarly, acoustic sediment concentration profiles were obtained by Dr. Peter Thorne (both reports are included in this volume).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA613042
Entities
People
- Yogesh C. Agrawal