A finite element ecological model: A first application to the Venice Lagoon

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-145

  Umgiesser, Georg ^a   Melaku Canu, Donata ^a   Solidoro, Cosimo ^b   Ambrose, Robert ^c  

^a Istituto per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse S Polo   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^c Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Ecological model; EUTRO; Finite element hydrodynamic model; Venice Lagoon; WASP

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; SEWAGE LAGOONS; WATER QUALITY;

FINITE ELEMENT ECOLOGICAL MODEL (FEEM);

ECOLOGY;

COASTAL LAGOON; COUPLING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS;

ITALY; VENETO; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 0037283822     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00056-7     Document Type: Article

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