A study of aquatic sedimentation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, using GIS and remote sensing technology integrated with hydrodynamic and watershed models

Suspended sediments can have benefits and drawbacks on aquatic ecosystems depending on the concentrations. The need to quantitatively monitor water bodies and watersheds is key to reduce excessive suspended concentrations. This study aims to integrate remote sensing technology with numerical watershed and hydrodynamic models and apply them on the Tennessee River and the surrounding tributaries to better assess the fate and transport of suspended sediment concentrations (SSC) there. The obtained results indicate that using Google Earth Engine (GEE), Landsat satellite can be used to estimate historical turbidity in the Tennessee River. Using field measurements and laboratory analyses the obtained satellite derived turbidity estimation can be converted to SSC, which can be incorporated with the HSPF (Hydrological Simulation Program – FORTRAN) hydrologic (watershed) model and CCHE2D Flow and Water Quality models to simulate the SSC in the Tennessee River.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Firat, Connor

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hossain, A.K.M. Azad
• Chao, Xiaobo; DeVries, Stephanie; Mies, Jonathan W.
• College of Arts and Sciences

• Aquatic organisms--Effect of contaminated sediments on--Tennessee--Chattanooga
• Sedimentation analysis--Geographic information systems
• Sediment control--Tennessee--Chattanooga
• Water quality--Tennessee River--Remote sensing
• Watershed management--Mathematical models

Licence

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Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/873

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-2051