Volatile organic compounds in the Scheldt estuary along the trajectory Antwerp-Vlissingen: Concentration profiles, modelling and estimation of emissions into the atmosphere

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2941-2950

  Dewulf, Jo ^a   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a   Everaert, Maarten ^a   Vanthournout, Helga ^a  

^a Fac Agric Appl Biol Sci   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air water exchange; Estuary; Marine pollution; Modeling; Volatile organic compounds; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEAWATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ESTUARY; VOLATILIZATION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ESTUARY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BELGIUM; SCHELDT ESTUARY;

EID: 0032189207     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00058-X     Document Type: Article

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