RMA11 is a finite element water quality model for simulation of three-dimensional estuaries, bays, lakes and rivers. It is also capable of simulating one and two dimensional approximations to systems either separately or in combined form. It is designed to accept input of velocities and depths, either from an ASCII data file or from binary results files produced by the two-dimensional hydrodynamic model, RMA2, or the three-dimensional stratified flow model, RMA10. Results in the form of velocities and depth from the hydrodynamic models are used in the solution of the advection diffusion constituent transport equations.
The RMA suite of hydrodynamic and water quality models form a sophisticated, robust, time series tool for the simulation of the prototype conditions and design impacts.
