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An Uncertainty Analysis framework for the CLEAR Ecosystem Model: Using Subprovince 1 as Test Domain & Skill assessment 
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This report advances our analysis of model uncertainty associated with the calibration & use of null models for forecasting changes to surface water salinity in a region East of the Mississippi River delta plain, including the Lake Pontchartrain watershed & Caernarvon-Breton Sound
Assessment of Integrated Hydrodynamic & Transport for Long-term Predictions: FVCOM & Water Quality Modeling of the Pontchartrain Estuary
CLEAR Vol IV, Chapter 11 2008
This report describes the development of FVCOM (a 3-D model) for the Pontchartrain Estuary (Subprovinces 1 and 5) that is capable of a long-term mass conservative simulation of salinities. This report also describes the development of a 1-D tidal, salinity & water quality model that analyzes the general effects of freshwater diversions on the water quality of the Pontchartrain Estuary over a 17-year period.
Land Building in the Delta of the Mississippi River: Is it Feasible?
Kim, W., D. Mohrig, R. Twilley, C. Paola, & G. Parker. 2008.
Using a mechanistically based numerical model, this work shows that controlled avulsions of the river below New Orleans can build significant new land & help reverse this deterioration. Using a range of inputs spanning plausible rates of subsidence, sea-level rise, & sediment supply, the model predicts that ~700 to 1220 km2 of new land could be built over the span of a century.
Land Area Change in Coastal Louisiana: A Multidecadal Perspective (from 1956 - 2006)
Barras, J.A., J.C. Bernier, & R.A. Morton - USGS 2008
This pamphlet hightlights the work that U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) did to analyze changes in the configuration of land & water in coastal Louisiana by using a sequential series of 14 data sets summarizing land & water areas from 1956 to 2006.
Response of Salinity in Barataria Basin to Alternative 3 Freshwater Diversions
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This report examines the effect of different pulsing regimes on surface water salinity in the Barataria Basin using a 1-D box model.
A Two Dimensional Vertically Integrated Hydrodynamic & Transport Model for Long Time Scale Simulations
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This report details the development of a vertically averaged 2-D, coupled hydrodynamic / transport model. This model is used to assess the impact of landscape change on the hydrology & ecology of Louisiana wetlands.
Visualization of Model Output: CLEAR MapServer & Google Maps API
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This report describes the details of two web-based visualization applications developed by the CLEAR Program.
Forecasting 50-Years of Landscape Change in Coastal Louisiana: No Increased Action & Preliminary Draft Master Plan
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This report largely focuses on the changes there were made to the CLEAR landscape change module in between the 2004 modeling analyses & those conducted in 2007 – 2008. This report also includes descriptions of input data, restoration & protection measures considered, & landscape change output both in the form of coast wide maps and summary statistics.
Forecasting 50-years of Habitat Switching in Coastal Louisiana: No Increased Action & Preliminary Draft Master Plan
CLEAR IV 2008
This report provides a brief explanation of the assumptions & algorithms used in the habitat switching module, as well as the modifications that have been made since the 2004 LCA analyses (described in Habitat Switching Module, 2003). Finally, the results of the current analysis of a future of no increased restorative action as well as a future under the Preliminary Draft Master Plan are detailed.
Representation of multi-stanza life histories in Ecospace models for spatial organization of ecosystem trophic interaction patterns
CLEAR Vol IV 2008
This paper describes two approaches that were taken to integrate multi-stanza population dynamics predictions into the Ecospace framework, to allow realistic population models for changes in abundance & growth for key species over both space & time, while representing other ecosystem functional groups using simpler biomass dynamics equations with spatial mixing processes.