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Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie

Dibling, David R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794

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2012, Master of Science, Ohio State University, Civil Engineering.
The purpose of this research is to make progress toward correcting the nearshore deficiency of the current hydrodynamic model used by Lake Erie by developing and validating a state-of-the-art hydrodynamic and transport model infrastructure capable of highly accurate simulations in the nearshore zone. This was accomplished by creating a high-resolution mesh using high-resolution GPS images to create an up-to-date shoreline. The bathymetry was then used to determine where more resolution was needed in order to capture the water movement using an unstructured mesh (10 meter resolution) rather than the old structured mesh (5 km resolution) that did not accurately represent the shoreline. Simulations were run using the ADCIRC-SWAN (ADvanced CIRCulation Simulating WAves Nearshore) model on the new mesh and the results are presented. This model passed a required NOS (National Ocean Service) skills assessment in order for the hindcast model to be validated.
Ethan J. Kubatko, PhD (Advisor)
Gil Bohrer, PhD (Committee Member)
Gajan Sivandran, PhD (Committee Member)
252 p.
Civil Engineering; Computer Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Fluid Dynamics
Lake Erie; ADCIRC; SWAN; hydrodynamic model; hindcast; finite element; fluid dynamics

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  • Dibling, D. R. (2012). Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Dibling, David. Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie. 2012. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Dibling, David. "Development And Validation Of A High-Resolution, Nearshore Model For Lake Erie." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1354052794

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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