Hydrodynamic and dispersion modeling as a tool for restoration of coastal ecosystems. Application to a re-flooded lagoon

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 751-767

  Zacharias, Ierotheos ^a   Gianni, Areti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calibration; Drana; Hydrodynamic; Lagoon; Modeling; Re flooding; Restoration; Salinity; Temperature; Validation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; RESTORATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS; DISPERSION MODELING; DRANA; VALIDATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAGOON; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER LEVEL;

DRANA LAGOON; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; EVROS DELTA; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949100469     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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