Model:SedPlume

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Name	Ruth Mugford
Type of contact	Model developer
Institute / Organization	University of Cambridge
Postal address 1	Lensfield Road
Postal address 2
Town / City	Cambridge
Postal code	CB2 1 ER
State	NO STATE
Country	UK"UK" is not in the list (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, ...) of allowed values for the "Country" property.
Email address	rm423@cam.ac.uk
Phone	44 1223-336574
Fax	44 1223-336549

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SedPlume

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Summary Also known as Model type Single Model part of larger framework Note on status model Date note status model Technical specs Supported platforms Linux, Windows Other platform Programming language C Other program language Code optimized Single Processor Multiple processors implemented Nr of distributed processors Nr of shared processors Start year development 2003 Does model development still take place? Yes If above answer is no, provide end year model development Code development status When did you indicate the 'code development status'? Model availability As code Source code availability (Or provide future intension) Through CSDMS repository Source web address Source csdms web address Program license type Other Program license type other Licence needs to be changes, see box above Memory requirements -- Typical run time -- In/Output Describe input parameters Input format Other input format Describe output parameters Output format Other output format Pre-processing software needed? No Describe pre-processing software Post-processing software needed? No Describe post-processing software Visualization software needed? No If above answer is yes Other visualization software Process Describe processes represented by the model Describe key physical parameters and equations Describe length scale and resolution constraints Describe time scale and resolution constraints Describe any numerical limitations and issues Testing Describe available calibration data sets Upload calibration data sets if available: Describe available test data sets Upload test data sets if available: Describe ideal data for testing Other Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? Is there a manual available? No Upload manual if available: Model website if any Model forum / discussion board Comments Introduction SedPlume simulates glacial meltwater plume dynamics and sedimentation. SedPlume is an integral model, solving the conservation equations of volume, momentum, buoyancy and sediment flux along the path of a turbulent plume injected into stably stratified ambient fluid. Sedimentation occurs from the plume when the radial component of the sediment fall velocity exceeds the entrainment velocity. When the plume reaches the surface, it is treated as a radially spreading surface gravity current, for which exact solutions exist for the sediment deposition rate. Flocculation of silt and clay particles is modeled using empirical measurements of particle settling velocities in fjords to adjust the settling velocity of fine-grained sediments. History This model was developed by Ruth Mugford during her PhD work at Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge from 2004-2008. It is supplied "as is", so it may require some tweeking to get it running on your system. Feel free to contact Ruth if you are planning on using the model it as she is still working on it. Papers Issues Help Input Files Output Files Download Source