1. General Model Information
Name: CE-QUAL-W2 V3: hydrodynamic and water quality model
Acronym: CE-QUAL-W2
Main medium: aquatic
Main subject: hydrodynamics, biogeochemistry, population dynamics, hydrology, other
Organization level: Ecosystem, Not applicable
Type of model: partial differential equations, partial differential equations (2D), not specified
Main application: Management tool, decision support/expert system, research, education
Keywords: reservoir, river, lake, estuary, water quality, hydrodynamics, laterally averaged, water quality, hydrodynamics, reservoir, estuary, river, lake,laterally averaged, flow, transport
Contact:
Tom Cole
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
USA
Phone: (601) 634-3283
Fax: (601) 634-3129
email: Thomas.M.Cole@erdc.usace.army.mil
Author(s):
Tom Cole and Scott Wells
Abstract:
CE-QUAL-W2 is a longitudinal/vertical hydrodynamic and water quality model that has received extensive use throughout the US and the
world as a management and research tool with more than 300 applications worldwide. V3 is a significant update to CE-QUAL-W2 V2 that
now includes the ability to model multiple waterbodies and the river reaches in between them. The model can now be applied to entire
waterbasins including rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries.
A number of additional capabilities have been added to the kinetic routines in V3
including multiple algal, suspended solids, and CBOD groups, residence time, derived variables such as TN, TKN, TOC, chl a, total
dissolved gas, etc. The model now has the ability to be as simple or complicated as the application demands and the data allow. With the
addition of sloping river sections, the user now has the option to choose between various vertical turbulence closure and rearation schemes
depending upon the type of waterbody being simulated. Version 3 also includes enhancements that allow modeling of weirs/spillways, gates,
pipes, and pumps for highly engineered systems. Planned future enhancements include sediment transport, contaminants, zooplankton,
periphyton, macrophytes, and sediment diagenesis capabilities.
Author of the abstract:
Thomas.M.Cole@erdc.usace.army.mil
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s): Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000, Unix, Linux
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/w2
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s): FORTRAN 90/95
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/w2
II.3 Manuals:
CE-QUAL-W2: A Two-Dimensional, Laterally Averaged Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model, Version 3.0
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/w2
II.4 Data:
Meteorlology, inflow/outflow, inflow temperature/constituent concentrations, water surface elevations
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
http://www.ce.pdx.edu/w2
III.2 Quantities
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Residence time
Inorganic suspended solids (multiple groups)
Total dissolved solids/salinity
Ammonia
Nitrate/nitrite
Bioavailable phosphorus
Labile dissolved organic matter
Refractory dissolved organic matter
Labile particulate organic matter
Multiple algal groups
Multiple CBOD groups
III.2.1 Input
Bathymetry
Meteorology
Inflow/outflow and/or head boundary conditions
Inflow/constituent concentrations
III.2.2 Output
Spreadsheet, profile, contour, vector, and time series output at any frequency
IV. References
User's manual:
Cole, T.M. and S. Wells., 2000. CE-QUAL-W2: A Two-Dimensional, Laterally Averaged, Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model, Version 3.
Wells, S. A. , 2000: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality River Basin Modeling Using CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3. in: Development and Application of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies, ed by G. Ibarra-Berastegi, C. Brebbia, P. Zannetti, WIT Press, Boston, 195-204.
Wells, S. A., 2000: CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality River Basin Modeling. Proceedings, HydroInformatics 2000, IAHR, CDROM_EM5. Classes Fall 2001: CE 572/672 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Wells, S. A., 1999: River Basin Modeling Using CE-QUAL-W2 Version 3. Proc. ASCE Inter.Water Res. Engr. Conf., Seattle, WA, 1999.
Wells, S. A., 1997: Theoretical Basis for the CE-QUAL-W2 River Basin Model," Dept. of Civil Engr., Tech. Rpt. EWR-6-97, Portland St. Univ., Portland, OR, 1997.
Berger, C. and Wells, S., 1999: Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling of the Columbia Slough, Volume 1: Model Description, Geometry, and Forcing Functions. Dept. of Civil Engr., Tech. Rpt. EWR-2-99, Port. St. Univ., Portland, OR, 1999.
Over 200 reports and journal articles are listed in the manual
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
A search for CE-QUAL-W2 at http://www.google.com will generate hundreds of links to the model including model applications, journal articles, conference abstracts, and reports. Additionally, a number of GUI pre/postprocessors have been developed by others for free/fee for V2 (a web search at google.com will generate the relevant links). Several developers have or are planning to upgrade the GUI's to V3. V2 is still available for use on single lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries and can be obtained by e-mailing a request to Thomas.M.Cole@erdc.usace.army.mil
Last review of this document by: Tom Cole, Wed May 23 15:59:42 2001
Status of the document: contributed by Tom Cole
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:40 CEST 2002