Prediction of longitudinal dispersion coefficients in natural rivers using artificial neural network

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-261

  Sahay, Rajeev Ranjan ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Dispersion; Longitudinal dispersion coefficient; Pollutant dispersion; River flow; Streams

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DISPERSION; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; RIVER FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 79955703540     PISSN: 15677419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10652-010-9175-y     Document Type: Article

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