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fluvial-particle, U.S. Geological Survey software release fluvial-particle, U.S. Geological Survey software release
This Python package provides functions to simulate advection and dispersion of numerical particles using a lagrangian particle-tracking algorithm for 2 and 3-dimensionl hydraulic simulation results. Users may customize particle subclasses to provide custom particle classes. For example, the drift of larval fish, by creating classes to add behavior to particles. (McDonald and Nelson, 2021...
Hyperspectral image data and Rhodamine WT dye concentrations from a tracer study at the River Experiment Center, Korea, in May 2017 Hyperspectral image data and Rhodamine WT dye concentrations from a tracer study at the River Experiment Center, Korea, in May 2017
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration were obtained during a tracer study conducted at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology's River Experiment Center May 17-20, 2017, to support research on dispersion in river channels. The image data included in this data release were acquired using a Nano-Hyperspec (Headwall...
Remotely sensed data and field measurements from a tracer dye experiment on the Kootenai River, ID, September 25-27, 2017 Remotely sensed data and field measurements from a tracer dye experiment on the Kootenai River, ID, September 25-27, 2017
To support research on dispersion in river channels, a tracer dye experiment was performed on the Kootenai River in northern Idaho, September 25-27, 2017. This parent data release contains links to several types of field measurements and remotely sensed data acquired during this experiment: 1) in situ measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration; 2) reflectance spectra and...
Rhodamine concentration data, Kootenai River, near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2008 Rhodamine concentration data, Kootenai River, near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2008
This data release provides measurements of dye concentration collected to support and validate numerical simulations of dispersion on the Kootenai River, downstream of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. On August 13, 2008, at 06:00, 25.4 kilograms of rhodamine WT was diluted using raw river water in a 378.5 liter tank and released as a nearly single slug. The dye was released near River Kilometer...
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Modeling hydraulic and sediment transport processes in white sturgeon spawning habitat on the Kootenai River, Idaho Modeling hydraulic and sediment transport processes in white sturgeon spawning habitat on the Kootenai River, Idaho
The Kootenai River white sturgeon currently spawn (2005) in an 18-kilometer reach of the Kootenai River, Idaho. Since completion of Libby Dam upstream from the spawning reach, there has been only one successful year of recruitment of juvenile fish. Where successful in other rivers, white sturgeon spawn over clean coarse material of gravel size or larger. The channel substrate in the...
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Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson, Vaughn Paragamian, Gary J. Barton
Hanson Russian River Ponds floodplain restoration: Feasibility study and conceptual design; Appendix G: Physical evaluation of the restoration alternatives Hanson Russian River Ponds floodplain restoration: Feasibility study and conceptual design; Appendix G: Physical evaluation of the restoration alternatives
Appendix G: Hanson Russian River Ponds Floodplain Restoration: Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design |G-1Appendix GPhysical Evaluation of the Restoration AlternativesRichard McDonald and Jonathan Nelson, PhDU.S. Geological Survey Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, Golden, ColoradoIntroductionTo assess the relative and overall impacts of the scenarios proposed in Chapters...
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Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson
The international river interface cooperative: Public domain flow and morphodynamics software for education and applications The international river interface cooperative: Public domain flow and morphodynamics software for education and applications
This paper describes a new, public-domain interface for modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers and other geophysical flows. The interface is named after the International River Interface Cooperative (iRIC), the group that constructed the interface and many of the current solvers included in iRIC. The interface is entirely free to any user and currently houses...
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Jonathan Nelson, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Takaaki Abe, Kazutake Asahi, Mineyuki Gamou, Takuya Inoue, Toshiki Iwasaki, Takaharu Kakinuma, Satomi Kawamura, Ichiro Kimura, Tomoko Kyuka, Richard McDonald, Mohamed Nabi, Makoto Nakatsugawa, Francisco Simoes, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Yasunori Watanabe
Noncontact methods for measuring water-surface elevations and velocities in rivers: Implications for depth and discharge extraction Noncontact methods for measuring water-surface elevations and velocities in rivers: Implications for depth and discharge extraction
Recently developed optical and videographic methods for measuring water-surface properties in a noninvasive manner hold great promise for extracting river hydraulic and bathymetric information. This paper describes such a technique, concentrating on the method of infrared videog- raphy for measuring surface velocities and both acoustic (laboratory-based) and laser-scanning (field-based)...
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Jonathan Nelson, Paul Kinzel, Richard McDonald, Mark Schmeeckle
Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis
Two- and three-dimensional morphodynamic simulations are becoming common in studies of channel form and process. The performance of these simulations are often validated against measurements from laboratory studies. Collecting channel change information in natural settings for model validation is difficult because it can be expensive and under most channel forming flows the resulting...
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Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson, Ryan Fosness, Peter Nelson
Modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers Modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers
Predicting the response of natural or man-made channels to imposed supplies of water and sediment is one of the difficult practical problems commonly addressed by fluvial geomorphologists. This problem typically arises in three situations. In the first situation, geomorphologists are attempting to understand why a channel or class of channels has a certain general form; in a sense, this...
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Jonathan Nelson, Richard McDonald, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Kimura, Mohamed Nabi, Kazutake Asahi
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fluvial-particle, U.S. Geological Survey software release fluvial-particle, U.S. Geological Survey software release
This Python package provides functions to simulate advection and dispersion of numerical particles using a lagrangian particle-tracking algorithm for 2 and 3-dimensionl hydraulic simulation results. Users may customize particle subclasses to provide custom particle classes. For example, the drift of larval fish, by creating classes to add behavior to particles. (McDonald and Nelson, 2021...
Hyperspectral image data and Rhodamine WT dye concentrations from a tracer study at the River Experiment Center, Korea, in May 2017 Hyperspectral image data and Rhodamine WT dye concentrations from a tracer study at the River Experiment Center, Korea, in May 2017
Hyperspectral image data and field measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration were obtained during a tracer study conducted at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology's River Experiment Center May 17-20, 2017, to support research on dispersion in river channels. The image data included in this data release were acquired using a Nano-Hyperspec (Headwall...
Remotely sensed data and field measurements from a tracer dye experiment on the Kootenai River, ID, September 25-27, 2017 Remotely sensed data and field measurements from a tracer dye experiment on the Kootenai River, ID, September 25-27, 2017
To support research on dispersion in river channels, a tracer dye experiment was performed on the Kootenai River in northern Idaho, September 25-27, 2017. This parent data release contains links to several types of field measurements and remotely sensed data acquired during this experiment: 1) in situ measurements of Rhodamine WT dye concentration; 2) reflectance spectra and...
Rhodamine concentration data, Kootenai River, near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2008 Rhodamine concentration data, Kootenai River, near Bonners Ferry, Idaho, 2008
This data release provides measurements of dye concentration collected to support and validate numerical simulations of dispersion on the Kootenai River, downstream of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. On August 13, 2008, at 06:00, 25.4 kilograms of rhodamine WT was diluted using raw river water in a 378.5 liter tank and released as a nearly single slug. The dye was released near River Kilometer...
Filter Total Items: 40
Modeling hydraulic and sediment transport processes in white sturgeon spawning habitat on the Kootenai River, Idaho Modeling hydraulic and sediment transport processes in white sturgeon spawning habitat on the Kootenai River, Idaho
The Kootenai River white sturgeon currently spawn (2005) in an 18-kilometer reach of the Kootenai River, Idaho. Since completion of Libby Dam upstream from the spawning reach, there has been only one successful year of recruitment of juvenile fish. Where successful in other rivers, white sturgeon spawn over clean coarse material of gravel size or larger. The channel substrate in the...
Authors
Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson, Vaughn Paragamian, Gary J. Barton
Hanson Russian River Ponds floodplain restoration: Feasibility study and conceptual design; Appendix G: Physical evaluation of the restoration alternatives Hanson Russian River Ponds floodplain restoration: Feasibility study and conceptual design; Appendix G: Physical evaluation of the restoration alternatives
Appendix G: Hanson Russian River Ponds Floodplain Restoration: Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design |G-1Appendix GPhysical Evaluation of the Restoration AlternativesRichard McDonald and Jonathan Nelson, PhDU.S. Geological Survey Geomorphology and Sediment Transport Laboratory, Golden, ColoradoIntroductionTo assess the relative and overall impacts of the scenarios proposed in Chapters...
Authors
Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson
The international river interface cooperative: Public domain flow and morphodynamics software for education and applications The international river interface cooperative: Public domain flow and morphodynamics software for education and applications
This paper describes a new, public-domain interface for modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers and other geophysical flows. The interface is named after the International River Interface Cooperative (iRIC), the group that constructed the interface and many of the current solvers included in iRIC. The interface is entirely free to any user and currently houses...
Authors
Jonathan Nelson, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Takaaki Abe, Kazutake Asahi, Mineyuki Gamou, Takuya Inoue, Toshiki Iwasaki, Takaharu Kakinuma, Satomi Kawamura, Ichiro Kimura, Tomoko Kyuka, Richard McDonald, Mohamed Nabi, Makoto Nakatsugawa, Francisco Simoes, Hiroshi Takebayashi, Yasunori Watanabe
Noncontact methods for measuring water-surface elevations and velocities in rivers: Implications for depth and discharge extraction Noncontact methods for measuring water-surface elevations and velocities in rivers: Implications for depth and discharge extraction
Recently developed optical and videographic methods for measuring water-surface properties in a noninvasive manner hold great promise for extracting river hydraulic and bathymetric information. This paper describes such a technique, concentrating on the method of infrared videog- raphy for measuring surface velocities and both acoustic (laboratory-based) and laser-scanning (field-based)...
Authors
Jonathan Nelson, Paul Kinzel, Richard McDonald, Mark Schmeeckle
Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis Field scale test of multi-dimensional flow and morphodynamic simulations used for restoration design analysis
Two- and three-dimensional morphodynamic simulations are becoming common in studies of channel form and process. The performance of these simulations are often validated against measurements from laboratory studies. Collecting channel change information in natural settings for model validation is difficult because it can be expensive and under most channel forming flows the resulting...
Authors
Richard McDonald, Jonathan Nelson, Ryan Fosness, Peter Nelson
Modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers Modeling flow, sediment transport and morphodynamics in rivers
Predicting the response of natural or man-made channels to imposed supplies of water and sediment is one of the difficult practical problems commonly addressed by fluvial geomorphologists. This problem typically arises in three situations. In the first situation, geomorphologists are attempting to understand why a channel or class of channels has a certain general form; in a sense, this...
Authors
Jonathan Nelson, Richard McDonald, Yasuyuki Shimizu, Ichiro Kimura, Mohamed Nabi, Kazutake Asahi