Print Email Facebook Twitter Modelling fine-grained sediment transport in the Mahakam land–sea continuum, Indonesia Title Modelling fine-grained sediment transport in the Mahakam land–sea continuum, Indonesia Author Pham Van, Chien (Université Catholique de Louvain; Thuyloi University) Gourgue, Olivier (Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Flanders Hydraulics Research) Sassi, Maximiliano (NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) Hoitink, Ton (Wageningen University & Research) Deleersnijder, E.L.C. (TU Delft Mathematical Physics; Université Catholique de Louvain) Soares-Frazão, Sandra (Université Catholique de Louvain) Date 2016 Abstract SLIM is an unstructured mesh, finite element model of environmental and geophysical fluid flows, which is being improved to simulate fine-grained sediment transport in riverine and marine water systems. A 2D depth-averaged version of the model is applied to the Mahakam Delta (Borneo, Indonesia), the adjacent ocean, and three lakes in the central part of the Mahakam River catchment. The 2D code is coupled to a 1D section-averaged model for the Mahakam River and four tributaries. The coupled 2D/1D model is mainly aimed at simulating fine-grained sediment transport in the riverine and marine water continuum of the Mahakam River system. Using the observations of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) at five locations in the computational domain, the modelling parameters are first determined in a calibration step, for a givenperiod of time. A validation step is then performed using data related to another period of time. It is concluded that the coupled 2D/1D modelreproduces very well the observed suspended sediment distribution within the delta. The spatial distribution of sediment concentration in the deltaand its temporal variation are also discussed. Subject Mahakam land–sea continuumFine-grained sedimentFinite element modelCoupled 2D/1D model To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8b070f7e-0dba-41ed-a27b-dd3f92c760f9 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jher.2015.04.005 Embargo date 2016-07-03 ISSN 1570-6443 Source Journal of Hydro-Environment Research, 13, 103-120 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 Chien Pham Van, Olivier Gourgue, Maximiliano Sassi, Ton Hoitink, E.L.C. Deleersnijder, Sandra Soares-Frazão Files PDF 8817246.pdf 2.84 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8b070f7e-0dba-41ed-a27b-dd3f92c760f9/datastream/OBJ/view