Data for paper, "Water exposure time distributions controlled by freshwater releases in a semi-enclosed estuary" in Water Resources Research (2025)
Author: Caitlin Turner and Matthew Hiatt


Model Start-up Files:
Calibration: 
1. Delft3DFM Calibration Model for 2014
	- Contains Restart File for all models

Validation:
1. Delft3DFM Calibration Model for 2011
2. Delft3DFM Calibration Model for October 5 to October 29, 2021 (Velocity)

Hydrodynamic Scenarios:
1. High Tributary and Open Diversion
2. High Tributary and Closed Diversion 
3. Median Tributary and Open Diversion 
4. Median Tributary and Closed Diversion 
5. Low Tributary and Open Diversion 
6. Low Tributary and Closed Diversion  

Data:
1. BCS Data from USACE and Eddie Weeks
2. Mooring Data for Validation

To apply this model framework to other years, users may access publicly available data from the following sources:
- NOAA data for tidal boundary forcing and meteorological conditions (NOAA, 2024), accessible via the NOAA data download tool (Clunies, 2023)

- USGS datasets for river discharge analysis and boundary forcing (USGS, 2024; USGS, 2025), using the USGS dataretrieval tool (Hodson, 2023);

- Water level data from NOAA (NOAA, 2024), USACE (USACE, 2025), and USGS (USGS, 2024) used for model calibration and validation.


References:
Clunies, G. (2023). NOAA CO-OPS API client for collecting water level, predictions, and meteorological data. (Published: GitHub repository)

Hodson, T., Hariharan, J., Black, S., & Horsburgh, J. (2023). dataretrieval (Python): A Python package for discovering and retrieving water data available from U.S. Federal Hydrologic web services. U.S. Geological Survey software release.

NOAA. (2024). Tides and Currents.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2011). Site Selection, Design Advances & Statistics.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (2025). USACE River Gages: Real-time River Data.

U.S. Geological Survey. (2005). Largest Rivers in the United States.

U.S. Geological Survey. (2019). USGS 3D Elevation Program Digital Elevation Model.

U.S. Geological Survey. (2024). USGS Water Data for the Nation.