3D model for evaluation of pollutant concentration distributions from land-based sources of the Caspian Sea region - Regional study, southern part of the Caspian Sea

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-65

  Abbaspour, M ^a   Nobakhti, M H ^b  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian sea; Finite volume; Ocean; Pollutant; Unstructured grid

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVITY; EVAPORATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC MATTER; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNESCO; WIND FORCING;

CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA;

EID: 70349655548     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200900153     Document Type: Article

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