Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0208694

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0208694

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Measuring estuarine turbulence: opening blocked estuaries correctly to avoid ecological catastrophes. The unique estuaries of southern Australia have limited tidal effects and minimal summer river flows, allowing a sandbar to dam their mouths during this period. The high water levels that can result affect landowners so catchment managers artificially break these sandbars. Such practices have had catastrophic effects on the vulnerable estuarine ecosystems. Our project will provide critical elements of models of the dynamics of the artificial opening, allowing managers to predict the vulnerable periods. It combines new applications of state-of-the-art turbulence sensors and water-current profilers with other standard instrumentation in this situation.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 07-2002

End Date: 12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $159,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Interdisciplinary Engineering | Fluidization And Fluid Mechanics | Turbulent Flows

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Physical and chemical conditions | Estuarine and lagoon areas |

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