Modeling the elution of organic chemicals from a melting homogeneous snow pack

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3627-3637

  Meyer, Torsten ^a   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Model; Organic chemicals; Snow pack; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MELTING; MODELS; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; HYDROPHOBIC CHEMICALS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; SNOW PACKS; SNOWMELT; WATER-SOLUBLE SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SNOW;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; HOMOGENEITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MELTING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER; SNOWMELT; SNOWPACK; SORPTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MELTING POINT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL;

EID: 79958767068     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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