Modelling the dispersion of wastewater discharges from offshore outfalls: A review

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-120

  Zhao, Lin ^a   Chen, Zhi ^a   Lee, Kenneth ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fate; Modelling; Offshore discharge; Review; Transport; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FAR-FIELD; FATE; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; FUTURE TRENDS; INTEGRAL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; MODELLING; MODELLING METHOD; MODELLING SOFTWARES; MODELLING TECHNIQUES; NEAR-FIELD; OCEAN DISCHARGES; OFFSHORE DISCHARGE; PARTICLE-TRACKING METHOD; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; TRANSPORT; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE;

ADVECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; OUTFALLS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS);

EID: 79955050836     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/A10-025     Document Type: Review

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