Use of a particle-tracking model for predicting entrainment at power plants on the Hudson River

Estuaries

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-526

  Blumberg, Alan F ^a,b   Dunning, Dennis J ^c   Li, Honghai ^b   Heimbuch, Douglas ^d   Geyer, W Rockwell ^e  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HydroQual Inc   (United States)

^c NEW YORK POWER AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d Allee King Rosen and Fleming Inc   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FISH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POWER PLANT;

HUDSON RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042722079     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02803543     Document Type: Article

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