Modeling of the spread of an effluent and the overturning length scale near an underwater source in the Northern Adriatic

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1491-1501

  Malačič, Vlado ^a   Mozetič, Patricija ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

COASTAL SEAS; DILUTION; POLLUTANTS; WATER SOURCE;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 28944436368     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci050201s     Document Type: Conference Paper

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