{"id":2107,"date":"2024-11-26T11:31:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T16:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/?page_id=2107"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:29:00","slug":"estuary-hydrodynamic-modeling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/research\/estuary-hydrodynamic-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Estuary Hydrodynamic Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residence time of waterborne bacteria and other pollutants in estuaries and bays \u2013 how long the pollution remains in the area before being flushed out to sea by freshwater flow and tidal cycles \u2013 is a key factor in the vulnerability of those estuaries to pollution problems.\u00a0 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering PhD candidate\u00a0Taylor Bailey Spencer\u00a0and her\u00a0advisor\u00a0Lauren Ross\u00a0are developing detailed hydrodynamic models of the bays and estuaries surrounding Mount Desert Island to help understand how residence times differ within and among these interconnected bodies of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-885d38d7\"><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: medium\">The flow in Frenchman-Blue Hill Bay systems is simulated using Telemac3D model, an integrated finite element tool for free surface flow simulation (Hervouet, 2007; Moulinec et al., 2011). The model domain extends from (44.24<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em;, sans-serif\">o<\/span><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: medium\">&nbsp;N, 68.52<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em;, sans-serif\">o<\/span><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: medium\">&nbsp;W) to (44.24<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em;, sans-serif\">o<\/span><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: medium\">&nbsp;N, 68.52<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12px;line-height: 0;position: relative;vertical-align: baseline;top: -0.5em;, sans-serif\">o<\/span><span style=\", sans-serif;font-size: medium\">&nbsp;W) covering the entire Blue Hill Bay and Frenchman Bay as well as the adjacent (sub) estuaries as portrayed in Figure 1b. The model is forced by realistic tides at the two ocean boundaries (based on the local tidal solution TPXO database (Egbert &amp; Erofeeva, 2002)) and streamflow from 10 rivers (green circles in Figure 1b). The model domain is discretized by an unstructured mesh with resolution ranges from 250 m (near the ocean boundary) to 1.0 m (near the rivers) in the horizontal plane and 15 terrine-following layers in the vertical plane.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-lg, 4rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2107_f8c65b-4b alignnone wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2107_96c5d4-5c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image2107_42eaa7-ef .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2107_42eaa7-ef size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site.png\" alt=\"Map showing model domain for Blue Hill and Frenchman Bays hydrodynamic modeling\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site.png 567w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site-300x276.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site-105x97.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site-317x292.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Study-site-423x389.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,567px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 1. (a) Maine map and (b) the model domain detailing the region bathymetry and the considered streams (green circles)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2107_d6b7fa-0c\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.kb-image2107_596a69-04 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2107_596a69-04 size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles.png\" alt=\"Map showing model subdomains and initial positions of tracking particles in one subdomain\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles.png 625w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles-105x80.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles-317x243.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/watershedresearch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/2020\/09\/Particles-423x324.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,625px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 2. (a) Model subdomains detailed with different colors and (b) the initial distribution of the particles initially released in Sullivan-Taunton system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-885d38d7\">The modeled Frenchman-Blue Hill Bay system is divided into 11 sub-regions, created by delineating estuary mouths based on coastal morphology (Figure 2a). Within each sub-region, Lagrangian particles are released in three layers: near the surface, mid water depth, and near the bottom (Figure 2b). A total of 100,000 particles are released across the entire domain. A unique identifying number is assigned to each particle so it can be tracked (Animation 1). Particles are color-coded based on the region in which they were released to observe the exchange of water masses among estuaries (Animation 2). By tracking the particles, residence time and flushing time are quantified for each region. The particles are passive (do not affect the dynamic of the flow), conservative (do not die or reproduce), and neutrally buoyant (they can move in three dimensions based on the current direction). Work is currently underway to expand the model domain to cover more area, including Somes Sound on the south end of Mount Desert Island, and to include freshwater input from additional small and medium streams.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id2107_a7c5a3-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2107_a7c5a3-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id2107_a7c5a3-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, calc(50% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)))minmax(0, calc(50% - ((var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem) * 1 )\/2)));}.kb-row-layout-id2107_a7c5a3-4d > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2107_a7c5a3-4d > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 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class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<p><strong>Citations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Egbert, G. 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