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Title: Mississippi River : Natchez to Baton Rouge Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Model
Authors: Leech, James R.
May, David P.
McAlpin, Tate O.
Keywords: Hydraulic models
Mathematical models
Mississippi River
Numerical analysis
Sediment transport
Publisher: Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.)
Mississippi River Geomorphology & Potamology Program (U.S.)
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mississippi Valley Division.
Series/Report no.: Report (Mississippi River Geomorphology & Potamology Program (U.S.));no.19
Abstract: This report documents the development, calibration, and validation of a hydraulic and sediment transport model of the Mississippi River between Natchez, MS, and Baton Rouge, LA, conducted for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mississippi Valley Division, Vicksburg, MS, using the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory-developed Adaptive Hydraulics numerical code. The numerical model adequately replicates the water levels observed in the field including a wide range of conditions from an extreme flood (Flood of 2011) to an extreme drought (2012). The numerical model simulated both of these events concurrently indicating a wide range of applicability for this particular model. With the inclusion of the Old River Control Complex and Morganza Control Structure, this model is available to evaluate alternative operational procedures and associated relative water level impacts between these two structures for both normal and extreme flow conditions. This study further advanced the goal of the Mississippi River and Tributaries program in terms of developing numerical models to analyze the Lower Mississippi River in terms of short- and long-term impacts to the system.
Description: MRG&P Report
Gov't Doc #: MRG&P Report No.19
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/28012
http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/28012
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