Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project. Report 3. Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Verification

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noTA 7.W34 no. HL-92-7 rept. 3 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorBerger RCen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcAdory RTen_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin WDen_US
dc.contributor.authorSchmidt JHen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:12:05Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:12:05Z
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description163 pagesen_US
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dc.description.abstractThis report describes the verification results of the three-dimensional (3-D) hydrodynamic model used to evaluate tides, current velocities, and salinities in Galveston Bay, Texas. This is the third in a series of reports concerning the Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels. The goal of these reports is to determine the effect of the proposed channel deepening and widening upon tides, currents, salinities, and navigation. Report 1 describes the field data collection and results, Report 2 presents the two-dimensional numerical modeling of hydrodynamics for a navigation study, Report 3 presents the verification description for teh 3-D model, and Report 4 details the results of tests of the 3-D model. This report first describes the 3-D model program, RMA10-WES, which is a finite element code using mixed quadratic and linear LaGrange polynomials. The remainder of the report reveals the demonstration of the model applicability through the verification procedure. This procedure of adjustment and verification was first a comparison to a short series of data with a series of adjustments in bed roughness. Then the model was run with no adjustment over a period of roughly 6 months in comparison to field data from 19 July 1990 to 15 January 1991. This period includes the time following a major flood in the Galveston Bay system for which the model reproduces the timing and magnitude of the salinity rebound very well. Comparisons of model performance are drawn qualitatively between the model and description of the Bay in the literature, and also quantitatively with the field data recorded for this study.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeHoustonen_US
dc.geo-codeGalvestonen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.history05/21/10 ksw; 2/15/11 kswsen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22741
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dc.locationGBAY Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesSource Performer: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. Hydraulics Lab. Jul 1995. 168p. Report: WES/TR/HL-92-7EnglishCountry of Origin United StatesTechnical repten_US
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dc.relation.ispartofseries50082en_US
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dc.subject47D Ocean Sciences & Technology: Biological Oceanographyen_US
dc.subject50B Civil Engineering: Civil Engineeringen_US
dc.subjectBaysen_US
dc.subjectChannelsen_US
dc.subjectDredged materialsen_US
dc.subjectEstuariesen_US
dc.subjectFinite element analysisen_US
dc.subjectGalvestonen_US
dc.subjectGalveston bayen_US
dc.subjectHydraulicsen_US
dc.subjectHydrodynamic codesen_US
dc.subjectHydrodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectImpacten_US
dc.subjectMarine navigationen_US
dc.subjectMexico gulfen_US
dc.subjectNavigationen_US
dc.subjectNavigation channelsen_US
dc.subjectOcean currentsen_US
dc.subjectOcean tidesen_US
dc.subjectOystersen_US
dc.subjectProductionen_US
dc.subjectSalinityen_US
dc.subjectTexasen_US
dc.subjectThree dimensionalen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectVerificationen_US
dc.subjectWaterwaysen_US
dc.titleHouston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project. Report 3. Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model Verificationen_US
dc.typeReporten_US
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