Application of three-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality models to study water hyacinth infestation in Lake Nokoué, Benin

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn 388, Issue , 2010, Pages 409-427

  Negusse, Solomon M ^a   Bowen, James D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Hydrodynamics; Lakes; Three dimensional models; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; DRY SEASONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODE; HYDRODYNAMIC MODEL; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; NUTRIENT LOADS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RAINY SEASONS; SUITABILITY INDEX; SURFACE WATER BODY; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TROPICAL REGIONS; WATER HYACINTH; WATER HYACINTH GROWTH; WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS SIMULATION PROGRAM; WATER QUALITY MODELS; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

ESTUARIES; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78951479946     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41121(388)25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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