Key SIAM Concepts

Rapid Assessment: SIAM provides a transparent computation model to take advantage of geomorphic principles for simulating sediment movement and channel interactions.
Scalable Inputs: The model can range from small to very large channel networks at varying levels of detail.
Source – Impact Linkages: SIAM identifies individual constituents contributing to a sediment impact.
Synthesis Tool: SIAM brings together disparate and independent process models to draw conclusions on ultimate impact.
Trend Analysis: SIAM provides the magnitude and direction of change, not ultimate conditions, adjustment time frames, or intermediate states.
Regime Input: SIAM operates on the full range of hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment loadings through flow-duration curves.

Rapid Assessment: SIAM provides a transparent computation model to take advantage of geomorphic principles for simulating sediment movement and channel interactions.