Initial spread of an effluent and the overturning length scale near an underwater source in the northern Adriatic

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 47-66

  Malačič, Vlado ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adriatic sea; Coastal oceanography; Gulf of Trieste; Overturning length scale; Sewage dilution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; MICROORGANISMS; SALINE WATER; SEWAGE SLUDGE; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

DIFFUSERS; EFFLUENT SPREAD; LENGTH SCALES; OVERTURNING LENGTH;

EFFLUENTS;

DILUTION; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE OUTFALL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 14944359179     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.07.017     Document Type: Article

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