A hydrodynamic water quality model for propagation of pollutants in rivers

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 288-299

  Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advection; Dispersion; Pollution propagation; Receiving stream; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; ALGAL UPTAKE; AMMONIUM OXIDATION; CARBONACEOUS SUBSTANCE; CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; EXPLICIT SCHEME; MITIGATION MEASURES; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUMERICAL DISPERSIONS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTIMAL WEIGHTING; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTION; QUALITY DATA; QUALITY PROCESS; RE-AERATION; RECEIVING STREAM; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SAINT VENANT EQUATION; SPACE AND TIME; STATE VARIABLES; UPSTREAM WEIGHTING; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATERBODIES;

ADVECTION; AERODYNAMICS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN SUPPLY; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISPERSION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNSTEADY FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIODEGRADATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ITALY; OSCILLATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ITALY; SAVENA RIVER;

ALGAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77957942874     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.285     Document Type: Article

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