Project Description: The goal of this research project is to provide Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve (JELA) managers with robust process-linked projections of water quality outcomes of canal filling (CB) across the Barataria Preserve landscape, under both current and future conditions.
Objectives include 1) develop an innovative, high spatial resolution, process-driven coupled hydrodynamic and water quality modeling system for JELA’s entire Barataria Preserve; 2) assess and predict outcomes of this federally funded CB restoration project on key JELA water quality attributes; 3) run this modeling system under a suite of well-rounded climate change (especially relative SLR and future storms) scenario conditions.
Lead Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim Chen, Northeastern University
Partner Institution: Northeastern University
Federal Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Federal Agency Technical Contact: Faith Graves
Project Type: Research
Project Discipline: Natural Resources
Project Sub-Discipline(s): Engineering, Design, & Sustainability, Water (FW & Marine)
Start Year: 2022
End Year: 2024
Initial Funding Amount: $52,946.00
Federal Grant Number: G22AC00079-00
Location: Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
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