Modeling highly transient flow, mass, and heat transport in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia
Open-File Report
79-270
By: Harvey E. Jobson and Thomas N. Keefer
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Abstract
A coupled flow-temperature model has been developed and verified for a 27.9-km reach of the Chattahoochee River between Buford Dam and Norcross, Ga. Flow in this reach of the Chattahoochee is continuous but highly regulated by Buford Dam, a flood-control and hydroelectric facility located near Buford, Ga. Calibration and verification utilized two sets of data collected under highly unsteady discharge conditions. Existing solution techniques, with certain minor improvements, were applied to verify the existing technology of flow and transport modeling. A linear, implicit finite-difference flow model was coupled with implicit, finite-difference transport and temperature models. Both the conservative and nonconservative forms of the transport equation were solved, and the difference in the predicted concentrations of dye were found to be insignificant. The temperature model, therefore, was based on the simpler nonconservative form of the transport equation. (Woodard-USGS)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Modeling highly transient flow, mass, and heat transport in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 79-270 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr79270 |
| Year Published | 1979 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | xv, 139 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Georgia |
| City | Atlanta, Buford, Norcross |
| Other Geospatial | Buford Dam, Chattahoochee River |
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