4th MASHCON

In a joint research project between the German Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute and the Research Institute for Water and Environment of the University of Siegen the ship-induced sediment transport as a proportion of the totally transported volume is investigated. Therefore, a field campaign in the Kiel Canal was conducted in 2012 and ship-induced loads were recorded. This paper highlights the preliminary results from analyzing the observed variables. First independent samples of observed passages were created and used to calculate correlations between the individual parameters. In a next step, high frequency turbidity records were separated into a common signal and linked to a critical sediment grain diameter. This procedure led to a classification depending on the ship-induced flow velocities because common characteristics of the turbidity measurements could be found. For further analyses the groups could be associated with AIS-transmitted parameters.