Mathematical interpretation of pollutant wash-off from urban road surfaces using simulated rainfall

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3025-3031

  Egodawatta, Prasanna ^a   Thomas, Evan ^b   Goonetilleke, Ashantha ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Gold Coast City Council   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pollutant wash off; Rainfall simulation; Urban water quality

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN;

POLLUTANT WASH-OFF; RAINFALL SIMULATION; URBAN WATER QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY;

RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RAIN; WATER QUALITY;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; STORMWATER; URBAN SITE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 34249943627     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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