Abstract: Combined sewage overflow (CSO) discharges due to a storm event create strongly stratified pollutant plumes on the surface of Mt. Hope Bay, of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. To examine the CSO-induced pollutant impact, a ...

Abstract: Modification of river flow from engineering activities often affects salinity and the mixing of fresh and saltwater in tidal rivers. In this study, an empirical relation between subtidal salinity and gradually varying ...

Abstract: Accurate calculation of horizontal diffusive transport is important in modeling temperature, salinity, sediment, and pollutant transport in estuaries and the coastal ocean. Many three-dimensional estuarine and coastal ocean ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional numerical model system was developed to predict circulation and water quality induced by surface discharges in estuarine and coastal waters. The model system consists of hydrodynamic, pollutant-transport, ...

Abstract: A three-dimensional boundary-fitted circulation model (Muin and Spaulding 1996b) was applied to simulate tidal and wind driven flow in Upper Narragansett Bay and the Providence and Seekonk Rivers. The model employs a split ...

Abstract: A spherical coordinate, three-dimensional, nonorthogonal, boundary-fitted circulation model (contravariant formulation) for application to estuarine, coastal sea, and continental shelf waters is presented. The model employs ...

Abstract: A two-dimensional, vertically averaged, unsteady circulation model, using a nonorthogonal boundary-fitted technique, was developed in spherical coordinates for predicting sea level and currents in estuarine and shelf waters. ...

Abstract: A computer model developed by Venkat and Spaulding (1991a) for unsteady flows over vibrating bodies is used to investigate the nonlinear characteristics of external flow over a flat plate, a ...

Abstract: A model is developed to simulate two-dimensional laminar flow over an arbitrarily shaped body, a portion of which is subjected to time varying harmonic motion. The model is tested by comparison ...

Abstract: The Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) has been leading an Ocean Special Area Management Plan (SAMP) aimed at zoning the state’s coastal waters to accommodate offshore wind farm developments. In ...