Effect of wind and waves on a nearshore brine discharge dilution in the east coast of Spain

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 71-79

  Payo, Andrés ^a   Cortés, Jose M ^a   Antoranz, Ana ^a   Molina, Rafael ^b  

^a SIDMAR SL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Automated system for desalination dilution control; Currents; Kriging; Monitoring; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 78649749356     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1335     Document Type: Article

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