DMS-Data Manager - Research in this area should include the following: 



• Developing the software as a stand-alone unit for use as a repository for 

 all information pertaining to maintained channels regardless of intended 

 use with the entire DMS. 



• Facilitating the use/interface with the DMS-Manual and DMS-Analytical 

 Toolbox to provide proper definition of shoals. 



• Expanding and refining the software to rapidly identify shoaling problem 

 areas. 



• Helping to quantify shoals to evaluate their severity. 



• Developing time frames associated with shoaling to aid in scheduling 

 maintenance dredging. 



• Providing feedback with the DMS-Analytical Toolbox to aid in 

 calibration/validation of the analytical tools. 



DMS-Manual - Research concerning this component should include the 

 following: 



• Investigating further shoal classifications. 



• Finding relevant case studies for each classification to provide a basis of 

 comparison. 



• Finding appropriate example photographs for documenting each of the 

 shoal classifications. 



DMS-Analytical Toolbox - Research pertaining to this component should 

 include the following: 



• Developing back-end tools that use output from the hydrodynamic and 

 wave-refraction models to produce definable cause and effect 

 relationships between the physical processes and the sedimentation 

 patterns. 



• Producing diagnostic pictures of the physical processes in formats that 

 are easily related to the encountered conditions. 



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