Integral transform solution of a two-dimensional model for contaminant dispersion in rivers and channels with spatially variable coefficients

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 699-709

  de Barros, F P J ^a   Mills, W B ^a   Cotta, R M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contaminants dispersion; Environmental impact; Hybrid methods; Integral transforms; Symbolic computation

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; DISPERSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; TURBULENT FLOW;

GENERALIZED INTEGRAL TRANSFORM TECHNIQUE (GITT); HYBRID METHODS; INTEGRAL TRANSFORMS; SYMBOLIC COMPUTATIONS;

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

BIOFOULING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 33646519473     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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