Application of a three-dimensional wind driven circulation model to assess the locations of new drinking water intakes in Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 232-252

  Hurdowar Castro, Diana ^a   Tsanis, Ioannis ^a   Simanovskis, Ilmar ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Regional Municipality of York   (Canada)

Author keywords

Current meter; Drogue; Model calibration; Three dimensional pollutant transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POTABLE WATER; SEWERS; STANDARDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND EFFECTS;

CURRENT METERS; DROGUE; MODEL CALIBRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

LAKES;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CIRCULATION MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OSHAWA; TORONTO;

EID: 34247232204     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3394/0380-1330(2007)33[232:AOATWD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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