Simulation of constituent transport using a reduced 3D constituent transport model (CTM) driven by HF Radar: Model application and error analysis

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-501

  Ojo, Temitope O ^a   Bonner, James S ^a   Page, Cheryl A ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal; Corpus Christi Bay; Diffusion coefficients; Gulf of Mexico; Mixing processes; Modeling; Pollutant transport; Texas; Transport processes; USA

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MIXING; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE WATERS;

CORPUS CHRISTI BAY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; GULF OF MEXICO; MIXING PROCESSES; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TEXAS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; USA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RADAR; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORPUS CHRISTI BAY; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750460895     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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