Farfield tracing of a point source discharge plume in the coastal ocean using sulfur hexafluoride

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8883-8890

  Wanninkhof, Rik ^a   Sullivan, Kevin F ^a,b   Dammann, W Paul ^a   Proni, John R ^a   Bloetscher, Frederick ^c   Soloviev, Alexander V ^d   Carsey, Thomas P ^a  

^a ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c Public Utility Management and Planning Services Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); OCEANOGRAPHY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACES; THERMAL PLUMES;

DISCHARGE PLUME; FARFIELD TRACING; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

DISCHARGE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SULFUR;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); PLUME DISPERSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEA; SEASHORE; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEWAGE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 27744601907     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048126+     Document Type: Article

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