Modeling the transport and distribution of fecal coliform in a tidal estuary

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-8

  Liu, Wen Cheng ^a   Huang, Wei Cher ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform transport; Hydrodynamics; Numerical model; Salinity; Sensitivity analysis; Tidal estuary

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED MODEL; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FECAL COLIFORM; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY; MEASURED DATA; MODEL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NORTHERN TAIWAN; SALINITY; SIMULATED RESULTS; TIDAL ESTUARY; TRANSPORT MODELS;

ESTUARIES; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER;

RIVERS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; TAIWAN;

DANSHUI ESTUARY; TAHAN STREAM; TAIWAN;

EID: 84861423559     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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