Development of Dissolved Oxygen Model for a Highly Variable Flow River: A Case Study of Ravi River in Pakistan

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 583-599

  Haider, Husnain ^a   Ali, Waris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Deoxygenation rates; Dissolved oxygen modeling; Highly variable flow; Hydrodynamic model; Rivers; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CARBONACEOUS BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDS; CLASSICAL APPROACH; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DEOXYGENATIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN MODEL; HIGHLY VARIABLE FLOW; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LABORATORY METHOD; RIVER FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PAKISTAN; RAVI RIVER;

EID: 78049288187     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-010-9240-4     Document Type: Article

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