Model:D'Alpaos model
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D'Alpaos model
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Contact Information
| Model: | D'Alpaos model |
| Contact person: | Andrea D'Alpaos |
| Institute: | University of Padova |
| City: | Padova |
| Country: | Italy |
| Email: | adalpaos@idra.unipd.it |
| 2nd person involved: | -- |
| 3rd person involved: | -- |
Model description
| Model type: | Single model for the coastal domain. |
| Description: | Long-term ecomorphodynamic model of the initiation and development of tidal networks and of the adjacent marsh platform, accounting for vegetation influence and relative sea level rise effects |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | Windows |
| Programming language: | Fortran77, Fortran90 |
| Model development started at: | 2003 and is still in development |
| To what degree will the model become available: | Executable will be available |
| Current license type: | GPL v2 |
| Memory requirements: | -- |
| Typical run time: | hours-days |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | Sediment availability, vegetation characteristics, tidal forcing, rate of relative sea level rise, tidal network configuration and marsh topography if an actual domain is considered. |
| Input format: | ASCII |
| Output parameters: | Channel network configuration and morphology, marsh platform elevations, erosion and accretion rates, relevant geomorphological features |
| Output format: | ASCII |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | no |
| Visualization software (if needed): | Yes, Matlab |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | The model describes the tidal-network initiation and development, and the vertical accretion of the adjacent marsh platform. Tidal network development is driven by the exceedance of a local hydrodynamic bottom shear stress, controlled by water surface gradients. Marsh vertical growth is modeled by using a sediment balance equation acconting for erosion and deposition terms. The deposition terms account for sediment settling, trapping and organic production. |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | -- |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | -- |
| Available test data sets: | -- |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | Yes |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: |
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| Is there a manual available: | no |
| Model website if any: | ftp://ftp.geosc.psu.edu/sling/SimSedBasinsBook/ |
Additional comments
| Comments: | -- |
