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The following outline is provided to give you an overview of each lecture:

Hydrodynamic Modeling - S. Wells

1. Overview
2. Governing Momentum and Continuity Equations - governing equations used in CE-QUAL-W2, physical significance of each term, assumptions leading to derivation and limitations of governing equation
3. Turbulence closure hypotheses (big picture look) – choices in Version 3
4. Auxiliary functions of the hydrodynamic model – internal weirs, weirs/spillways, gates, pipes, selective withdrawal, wind shear, bottom friction, inflow/outflow distributions
5. Parameters required for hydrodynamic calibration

Water Quality Modeling - S. Wells

1. Overview
2. Advective-Diffusion Equation - governing equation used in CE-QUAL-W2 and basic assumptions leading to derivation (limitations of governing equation)
3. Source/Sink term: dissolved oxygen, temperature, nutrients, algae, pH, TDS, bacteria (big picture overview for each water quality parameter)
4. Kinetic parameters needed for source/sink terms (specifics)

Numerical Scheme - Momentum Equation and Water Quality Algorithms - S. Wells

1. Numerical scheme for solving the water surface equation
2. Numerical scheme for solving the momentum equation (U, W)
3. Numerical scheme for solving water quality variables (C)

CE-QUAL-W2 setup - C. Berger and R. Annear
Overview of CE-QUAL-W2 – 'Rules of the Road'

1. Preparation of input files
   1.1. Bathymetry file
   1.2. Control files
   1.3. Time-varying data files
2. Model calibration
   2.1. Temperature
   2.2. Water quality
3. W2 Control File Inputs
4. W2 Input/Output Files

Case Studies - Computer Laboratory

The computer laboratory is in the Northwest Center for Engineering, Science and Technology (1930 SW Fourth Avenue, Portland, Oregon). All software for the class will be on the WEB and instructions will be given in class as to how to download and use the software for the applications shown below.

The purpose of these exercises is to have the user run the model and examine its output. PSU has put together a simple interface that will let you run the model and evaluate the results. Details will be explained in the computer laboratory section.