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Revision as of 14:25, 6 August 2009
WSGFAM
Introduction
History
Papers
WSGFAM Questionnaire
Contact Information
| Model: | "Wave and Current Supported Sediment Gravity Flow analytical model" |
| Contact person: | Malcolm E. Scully |
| Institute: | Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
| City: | Gloucester Point, VA |
| Country: | USA |
| Email: | cfried@vims.edu |
| 2nd person involved: | Yanxia Ma |
| 3rd person involved: | Carl Friedrichs |
Model description
| Model type: | Single model for the coastal domain. |
| Description: | Simulates wave and current supported sediment gravity flows along the seabed offshore of high discharge, fine sediment riverine sources. See Friedrichs & Scully, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 322-337, for example. |
Technical information
| Supported platforms: | UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Programming language: | Matlab |
| Model was developed started from: | 2000 and development still takes place |
| To what degree will the model become available: | As code |
| Current license type: | -- |
| Memory requirements: | minimal |
| Typical run time: | minimal |
Input / Output description
| Input parameters: | Main inputs are bathymetry, riverine sediment discharge time-series, and ambient wave and current time-series. Critical velocity for sea bed erosion, bottom drag coefficient and critical bulk Richardson number can also be adjusted. |
| Input format: | ASCII, matlab formats |
| Output parameters: | Gravity flow velocity, Depth-integrated sediment load, down-slope sediment flux, flux convergence or divergence, erosion or deposition rate. |
| Output format: | ASCII, matlab formats |
| Post-processing software (if needed): | no |
| Visualization software (if needed): | no |
Process description
| Processes represented by model: | See Friedrichs & Scully, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 322-337 and references within. |
| Key physical parameters & equations: | See Friedrichs & Scully, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 322-337 and references within. |
| Length scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Time scale & resolution constraints: | -- |
| Numerical limitations and issues : | -- |
Testing
| Available calibration data sets: | See Friedrichs & Scully, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 322-337 and references within. |
| Available test data sets: | -- |
| Ideal data for testing: | -- |
User groups
| Currently or plans for collaborating with: | Not presently. |
Documentation
| Key papers of the model: | See Friedrichs & Scully, 2007. Continental Shelf Research, 27: 322-337 and references within. |
| Is there a manual available: | no |
| Model website if any: | -- |
Additional comments
| Comments: | -- |
