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Research article
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10 Feb 2022
Research article |
| 10 Feb 2022
| 10 Feb 2022
A new large-scale suspended sediment model and its application over the United States
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Hongbo Ma
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
Zhenduo Zhu
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering,
University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, USA
Guta Wakbulcho Abeshu
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Senlin Zhu
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
currently at: College of Hydraulic Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
Sagy Cohen
Department of Geography, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
Tian Zhou
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Donghui Xu
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
L. Ruby Leung
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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Short summary
We introduce a new multi-process river sediment module for Earth system models. Application and validation over the contiguous US indicate a satisfactory model performance over large river systems, including those heavily regulated by reservoirs. This new sediment module enables future modeling of the transportation and transformation of carbon and nutrients carried by the fine sediment along the river–ocean continuum to close the global carbon and nutrient cycles.
We introduce a new multi-process river sediment module for Earth system models. Application and...
