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Summary Contact Technical specs In/Output Process Testing Other Component info Also known as Model type Single Model part of larger framework Note on status model Date note status model Incorporated models or components: Spatial dimensions 1D Spatial extent Landscape-Scale, Watershed-Scale, Reach-Scale Model domain Terrestrial One-line model description The model computes the streamwise and vertical dispersal of a patch of tracers in a gravel bed river Extended model description The model uses the vertically continuous (not active layer-based), morphodynamic framework proposed by Parker, Paola an Leclair in 2000 to model the streamwise and vertical dispersal of a patch of tracers installed in a equilibrium gravel bed. The model was validated at laboratory and field scales on the mountainous Halfmoon Creek, USA, and on the braided Buech River, France. Different versions of the model are uploaded in the github folder because the formulaiton for the calculation of the formative bed shear stress varied depending on the available data. REFERENCE Parker, G., Paola, C. & Leclair, S. (2000). Probabilistic Exner sediment continuity equation for mixtures with no active layer. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 126 (11), 818-826. Keywords: tracers, gravel-bed rivers, bedload transport, Name Enrica Viparelli Type of contact Model developer Institute / Organization University of South Carolina Postal address 1 Postal address 2 Town / City Columbia Postal code 29208 State South Carolina Country United States Email address viparell@cec.sc.edu Phone Fax Name Amanda Balkus Type of contact Model developer Institute / Organization University of South Carolina Postal address 1 Postal address 2 Town / City Columbia Postal code 29208 State South Carolina Country United States Email address ABALKUS@email.sc.edu Phone Fax Supported platforms Mac OS, Windows Other platform Programming language Python Other program language Code optimized Single Processor Multiple processors implemented Nr of distributed processors Nr of shared processors Start year development 2021 Does model development still take place? Yes If above answer is no, provide end year model development Code development status Active When did you indicate the 'code development status'? 2022 Model availability As code Source code availability (Or provide future intension) Through web repository Source web address https://github.com/vipenrica/tracer-stone-modeling Source csdms web address Program license type BSD or MIT X11 Program license type other Memory requirements a laptop or desktop computer should be more than enough Typical run time few/several minutes Describe input parameters equilibrium bed profile, sediment size, probabilities of instantaneous bed elevations and of particle entrainment, area of the patch of tracers installed on the bed, entrainment rate of particles in bedload tranport, particle step lenght Input format Other input format hard coded in the model file Describe output parameters volume fraction content of tracers in the deposit Output format Other output format text files Pre-processing software needed? No Describe pre-processing software Post-processing software needed? No Describe post-processing software Visualization software needed? Yes If above answer is yes Matlab Other visualization software excel, python Describe processes represented by the model The model represent the streamwise and vertical dispersal of a patch of tracer stones in an equilibrium gravel bed. Describe key physical parameters and equations The model solves the elevation-specific equation of tracer mass conservation simplified for the case of an equilibrium bed. This simplification is appropriate in slowly varying non-equilibrium conditions at time scales up to 1-2 decades. Key physical parameters are the entrainment rate of particles in bedload transport, the average particle step length, the standard deviation of bed elevation change, the elevation of the maximum probability of particle entrainment, the probability functions of bed elevations and of particle entrainment in bedload transport. Describe length scale and resolution constraints The model domain must be at least 10s of particle step length long. Describe time scale and resolution constraints Time scales should be long compared to the time scales of short-term bed elevation changes, i.e. changes in instantaneous bed elevation associated with bedload transport and bedform migration (Blom et al., 2003, Wong et al., 2007). In other words, model results are averages over short-term bed elevation changes. For applications at field scales, the time resolution should be at least of one year because the model runs with formative conditions representative of mean annual values. REFERENCES Blom, A., Ribberink, J. S. & de Vriend, H. (2003). Vertical sorting in bed forms: Flume experiments with a natural and a trimodal sediment mixture. Water Resources Research, 39 (2), 1025. Wong, M., Parker, G., DeVries, P., Brown, T. M. & Burges, S. J. (2007). Experiments on dispersion of tracer stones under lower-regime plane-bed equilibrium bedload transport. Water Resources Research, 45, W03440. Describe any numerical limitations and issues The elevation specific equation of mass conservation is integrated with the Euler method. Thus, the user should carefully choose the spatial distance between computational nodes in the vertical and streamwise direction, as well as the temporal increment, to guarantee the numerical stability and mass conservation. Describe available calibration data sets The experiments by Wong et al. (2007) were used to determine a relation to express the elevation of the maximum probability of particle entrainment in bedload transport to the characteristics of the flow and of the sediment. The Wong et al. (2007) dataset is available in the github repository with the comparison between model results and experimental data. Upload calibration data sets if available: Describe available test data sets The model has been tested against field data on tracer dispersal collected on Halfmoon Creek, Colorado USA, by Bradley and Tucker (2012) and Bradley (2017), and on the Buech River, France, by Brousse et al. (2019), Michal Tal and Daniel Vazquez-Tarrio. The Halfmoon Creek data are available as supporting information of Bradley (2017). The Buech River data are in teh model github repository. REFERENCES Bradley, D. N. (2017). Direct observation of heavy-tailed storage times of bed load tracer particles causing anomalous superdiffusion. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 12227-12235. Bradley, D. N & Tucker, G. E. (2012). Measuring gravel transport and dispersion in a mountain river using passive radio tracers. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 37, 1034-1045. Brousse, G., Arnaud-Fassetta, G., Liebault, F., Bertrand, M., Melum, G., Loire, R., Malavoi, J.-R., Fantino, G. & Borgniet, L. (2020). Channel response to sediment replenishment in a large gravel-bed river: The case of the Saint-Sauveur dam in the Buech River (Southern Alps, France). River Research and Application, 36 (6), 880-893. Upload test data sets if available: Describe ideal data for testing Any experimental dataset on tracer dispersal in an bed that is not too far from equilibirum conditions Do you have current or future plans for collaborating with other researchers? Amanda Balkus is modeling tracer dispersal from a continuous source. Discussions on how to extend the model to sediment mixtures are in progress Is there a manual available? No Upload manual if available: Model website if any Model forum / discussion board Comments A manuscript titled "Streamwise and vertical dispersal of tracer stones in an equilibrium bed" will be submitted soon to Water Resources Research. 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