Modelling Water Quality Processes in Estuaries

Modelling habitat suitability for fish in the fluvial and lacustrine regions of a new Eco-City

“…The model should also be able to simulate the flow processes under different flow conditions and different habitat seasons. A two-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality model, developed by Falconer et al (2005) was used herein to determine the suitability conditions for carp species in the fluvial and lacustrine regions in the Eco-City.…”

“…The solute module is used to simulate solute transport, including salinity, BOD, DO, the nitrogen and phosphorous cycles and algal growth. The model has been refined and validated against many laboratory and field studies data (Falconer et al (2005); Gao et al, 2011).…”

Modeling of Estuarine and Coastal Waters

“…h of variable C per unit surface i area and where the horizontal dispersion coefficients, if not taken to be constant or from Smagorinsky (1963), are frequently taken to be (Falconer et al, 2001;Yuan et al, 2007) − 1…”

Catchment Flood Management

“…The FASTER model is a 1-D algorithm for simulating hydrodynamic, solute, and sediment transport processes in well-mixed rivers and narrow estuaries. The model solves the St. Venant equations using a finite volume approach with a varying grid size (see Falconer et al, 2001). In this application the model was used to predict water elevations, discharges, salinity, total and fecal coliform levels and sediment concentration distributions.…”

“…In this study, different decay rates were used for day and night times, for flood and drought conditions, and for sea and fresh water conditions across the catchment. These values were based on field studies previously reported in Kashefipour et al (2002) and Falconer et al (2001).…”