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A HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT MODEL OF THE UPPER ST. LAWRENCE RIVER FOR WATER RESOURCES STUDIES 1
Author(s) -
Potok Alan J.,
Quinn Frank H.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1979.tb01168.x
Subject(s) - hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , streamflow , transient (computer programming) , surface water , water resources , water level , geology , drainage basin , geotechnical engineering , environmental engineering , geography , computer science , biology , operating system , ecology , cartography
A one‐dimensional hydraulic transient model has been designed for water resource studies of Lake Ontario and the Upper St. Lawrence River. The model simulates water surface profiles and flows in the St. Lawrence River between Lake Ontario and the Moses‐Saunders Power Dam under both open water and ice‐covered conditions. Errors in water surface elevations were found to be less than 0.2 feet during quasi‐steady conditions on the river. Comparable errors occurred during the ice‐covered conditions. A sensitivity analysis found the model to be most sensitive to the roughness coefficients and the flow through the power dam.