Time-of-travel in the lower Mississippi River: Model development, calibration, and application

Water Environment Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1132-1141

  Waldon, Michael G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracer studies; Mississippi River; Modified plug flow model; Spill modeling; Time of travel; Unit concentration

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DYES; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPILLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; DYE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRACER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

DRINKING WATER; PLUG FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

DRINKING WATER; MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; TIME; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032169691     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143098X123499     Document Type: Article

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