Movie:Global sediment flux

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Simulated Global Sediment Flux and its changes during the year

Key Attributes

Domain:	terrestrial, hydrology
Keywords:	Fluvial Sediment
Keywords:	Sediment
Keywords:	Global Riverine Sediment
Keywords:	Sediment Transport
Model name:	WBMsed
Name:	Albert, Kettner
Where:	Global
When:	1 year

Short Description

Grade level: Under graduate (13-16), Graduate / Professional

Statement: Cartogram animation of sediment transported by rivers to the sea

Abstract: Credits to:
Albert Kettner, CU - INSTAAR
Greg Fiske, WHRC
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, WHOI

The animation shows the size of river drainage basins, or watersheds, scaled to the mass of sediment transported by the rivers to the coastal oceans. The color code (upper right corner) corresponds to million tons (Mt) of sediment per week. The time bar on the bottom shows the progression throughout the year. The sun symbol on the map shows the movement of the high-point of the sun throughout the seasons as an alternative time marker.

Theory

Applied Model: WBMsed

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