contributor author | Eric J. Anderson | |
contributor author | David J. Schwab | |
contributor author | Gregory A. Lang | |
date accessioned | 2017-05-08T21:50:45Z | |
date available | 2017-05-08T21:50:45Z | |
date copyright | August 2010 | |
date issued | 2010 | |
identifier other | %28asce%29hy%2E1943-7900%2E0000226.pdf | |
identifier uri | http://yetl.yabesh.ir/yetl/handle/yetl/64030 | |
description abstract | The Huron-Erie Corridor serves as a major waterway in the Great Lakes and is the connecting channel between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The system consists of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, and the Detroit River, and serves as a recreational waterway, source of drinking water for Detroit and surrounding cities, as well as the only shipping channel to Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Superior. This paper describes a three-dimensional unsteady model of the combined system and its application to real-time predictions of physical conditions over the corridor. The hydrodynamic model produces nowcasts eight times per day and 48 h forecasts twice a day. Comparisons between model simulations and observed values show average differences of 3 cm for water levels and 12 cm/s for along-channel currents in the St. Clair River (compared to mean current values of 1.7 m/s) for the period of September 2007 to August 2008. Simulations reveal a spatially and temporally variable circulation in Lake St. Clair as well as significant changes in flow rate and distribution through the St. Clair Delta not accounted for in previous models. | |
publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers | |
title | Real-Time Hydraulic and Hydrodynamic Model of the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River System | |
type | Journal Paper | |
journal volume | 136 | |
journal issue | 8 | |
journal title | Journal of Hydraulic Engineering | |
identifier doi | 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000203 | |
tree | Journal of Hydraulic Engineering:;2010:;Volume ( 136 ):;issue: 008 | |
contenttype | Fulltext | |