OCEAN 506B
University of Washington
LINKING CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL MODELS OF PUGET SOUND
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The EFDC Water Quality Model
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Course Overview

This seminar will explore the utility and feasibility of developing and calibrating a water quality model of Puget Sound, as part of the PRISM project. The ultimate goal is to predict the occurance of low O2 in Puget Sound both currently and under eutrophication. The topics of eutrophication, circulation and ecosystem modeling will be introduced. Two existing water quality simulation environments will be discussed: a highly resolved and complex model for South Puget Sound (the HEM-3D water quality model) and a more simple, “canned” simulation environment for sensitivity analyses (EcoS3). The class will focus on practical considerations regarding the calibration of HEM-3D to South Puget Sound, review of model algorithms for water quality and sediment kinetics, food web dynamics, parameterization of the model and availability of monitoring data. The class will ultimately develop recommendations on how to alter/optimize HEM-3D and provide suggestions for additional data collection.

Speakers and Presentations

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Course Requirements

This seminar is intended to be a “hands on” learning experience for faculty, staff, and students. The benefit to students is for them to understand revelant mechanisms determining water quality and to gain direct experience using a w-q model. The intellectual challenge to students is to make the model applicable to Puget Sound and to assess what is important and what not.

2 credits, c/nc

For further information contact the instructor below or UW Extension (206-543-2320).

Seminar Schedule (Spring 1999) WEDNESDAYS, 1:30 - 3:30 pm
Old Ocean Bldg, room 207
Course Contacts
 Jan Newton
newton@ocean.washington.edu
Jeff Richey
jrichey@u.washington.edu

The course is sponsored by the PRISM (Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model) UIF project under the guidance of the PRISM Education Committee. The mission of PRISM is to develop and sustain a dynamic and integrated understanding and description of the environmental and human factors that shape the Puget Sound region.

This page is maintained by Bruce Campbell (bdc@hitl.washington.edu)

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