Application of a littoral Baltic Sea resuspension model in a eutrophic lake - factors behind differences in the model performance

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摘要 TheperformanceofalinearresuspensionmodeldevelopedintheBalticSeawasstudiedintheconditionsofaeutrophicLakeKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi(southernFinland).Themodelpredictssedimentresuspensionrateusingdataonvegetationcover,windandsedimentqualityasaninput.Whentheoriginalmodelcoefficientswereused,themodelresultedonaverage1.8foldoverestimationoftheresuspensionrateinKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi.Thiswasduetolowerfetchandwaterdepth,andlessconsolidatedsedimentofKirkkoj(a|¨)rvicomparedwiththeBalticSeastudysite.WhencoefficientswereadjustedforKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi,themodelpredictionswere1.1timesthemeasuredvalues.Duetothecontinuousresuspension,theeffectofthewindterminthemodelwassolowthatitcouldbeexcludedwithoutaffectingtheaccuracyofmodelpredictions.Thestudydemonstratedthatinashalloweutrophiclakeaccuratepredictionsonresuspensionratecanbemadeusingonlydataonsedimentqualityandonfactorsinhibitingresuspension(macrophytes).Themodelresidualsincreasedwithincreasingresuspensionrateandhighratesofresuspensionwereunderestimatedbythemodel.DuetothefluffysedimentinKirkkoj(a|¨)rvi,erosionofsedimentincreasesmorethanlinearwithincreasingshearstress.Thusinsuchconditions,evenbetterpredictionscouldbeachievedbyanon-linearresuspensionmodel.
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出版日期 2015年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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