Modelling of tidal hydrodynamics for a tropical ecosystem with implications for pollutant dispersion (Cohin Estuary, Southwest India)

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 259-273

  Balachandran, Kizhakkepat Kalathil ^a   Reddy, Guddemmari Sidha ^b   Revichandran, Chenicherry ^a   Srinivas, Kotamarpi ^a   Vijayan, Panachikkal Ramakrishnan ^a   Thottam, Tony Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^b Environ Software Pvt Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Cochin Estuary; Hydrodynamic model; Particle trajectory; Pollutant dispersion; Residual currents; Tides

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; TIDES; TRAJECTORIES;

COCHIN ESTUARY; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; PARTICLE TRAJECTORY; POLLUTANT DISPERSION; RESIDUAL CURRENTS;

ESTUARIES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; COCHIN ESTUARY; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 55849110810     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-008-0153-6     Document Type: Article

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