Sponsor
Prepared for the City of Spokane.
Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
1-2003
Subjects
Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.) -- Water quality -- Models, Water-supply -- Models, Spokane River (Idaho and Wash.) -- Water quality -- Computer simulation, Hydrologic models, Hydrodynamics -- Mathematical models
Abstract
The Upper Spokane River system under consideration is located in the Northeastern part of Washington State and runs from the Stateline with Idaho, River mile (RM) 96.0, downstream to Long Lake dam at RM 32.5. Figure 1 shows the river system and an outline the boundaries of the City of Spokane.
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) is interested in a water quality model for the Upper Spokane River system for use in developing Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs). As a result, Ecology and the Corps of Engineers funded a study to develop a water quality and hydrodynamic model of the Spokane River system for the years 1991 and 2000. Since the City of Spokane and other point dischargers to the Spokane River have taken considerable field data in the Spokane River system during 2001, the City of Spokane funded this study primarily to:
• Continue the development of the Spokane River model for the year 2001, and • Ensure that the model retains its calibration for the year 2001
A hydrodynamic and water quality model, CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3 (Wells, 1997), was applied to the Spokane River system for the years 1991 and 2000. CE-QUAL-W2 is a two dimensional (longitudinalvertical), laterally averaged, hydrodynamic and water quality model that has been under development by the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiments Station (Cole and Wells, 2000).
This report evaluates the 2001 model calibration and discusses issues relative to that calibration effort. The calibration effort focused on model predictions of hydrodynamics (flow and water level), temperature, and eutrophication model parameters (such as nutrients, algae, dissolved oxygen, organic matter, coliform). The model calibration period was from March 15, 2001 to October 31, 2001.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/12114
Citation Details
Berger, C., Annear, R. L., & Wells, S. A. (2003). Upper Spokane River Model: Model Calibration, 2001. Technical Report EWR-01-03, Department of Civil Engineering, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon.
Description
Technical Report EWR-1-03, produced by College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Portland State University.