iFlow v3.2

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y. M., De Goede, R. J. A. (2024). Regime shift to hyperturbid conditions in the Loire estuary: overview of observations and model analysis of physical mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. doi:10.1029/2023JC020273

iFlow v3.1

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y. M., Bouwman, D. D., Schuttelaars, H. M. (2025). Disentangling spring-neap SPM dynamics in estuaries. Ocean Science.

iFlow v3.0

Update to iFlow v3. iFlow v3 runs on Python 3 and has had a major overhaul in the package structure and underlying data storage structure. All older examples have been updated to work with the new version.

iFlow v2.9

Release corresponding to paper Horemans, D. M. L., Dijkstra, Y. M., Schuttelaars, H. M., Meire, P., Cox, T. J. S. (2020). Unraveling the essential effects of flocculation on the large-scale sediment transport patterns in a tide-dominated estuary. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50:1957-1981. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-19-0232.1.

iFlow v2.8

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y.M., Chant, R. J., Reinfelder, J. R. (2019). Factors controlling seasonal phytoplankton dynamics in the Delaware River Estuary: an idealized model study. Estuaries and Coasts.

iFlow v2.7

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y. M., Schuttelaars, H. M., Schramkowski, G. P. (2019). Can the Scheldt River Estuary become hyperturbid? A model analysis of suspended sediment concentrations and transport in response to channel deepening. Ocean Dynamics, 69:809-827. doi:10.1007/s10236-019-01277-z.

iFlow v2.6.2

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y. M., Schuttelaars, H. M., Schramkowski, G. P., Brouwer, R. L. (2019). Modeling the transition to high sediment concentrations as a response to channel deepening in the Ems River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124:1578-1594. doi:10.1029/2018JC014367.

iFlow v2.6

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y.M., Schuttelaars, H. M., Schramkowski, G. P., and Brouwer, R. L. (2019). Modeling the transition to high sediment concentrations as a response to channel deepening in the Ems River Estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124:1-17.

iFlow v2.5

Release corresponding to paper Brouwer, R. L., Schramkowski, G. P., Dijkstra, Y. M. and Schuttelaars, H. M. (2018). Time evolution of estuarine turbidity maxima inwell-mixed, tidally dominated estuaries: the role of availability- and erosion-limited conditions. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48: 1629-1650. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-17-0183.1

Contains a restructuring of the sediment functionality and adds erodibility and long time-scale integration.

iFlow v2.4.4

Release corresponding to paper Dijkstra, Y. M., Brouwer, R. L., Schuttelaars, H. M. and Schramkowski, G. P. (2017). The iFlow Modelling Framework v2.4. A modular idealized process-based model for flow and transport in estuaries. Geoscientific Model Development, 10:2691-2713.

Includes some basic input from the paper files and a general tutorial.