Modeling sediment resuspension-induced DO variation in fine-grained streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 441, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-181

  Zahraeifard, Vahid ^a   Deng, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DO variation; Sediment resuspension; VART DOS model

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS SIMULATION; DO CONCENTRATION; DO VARIATION; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; HIGH FLOW; LOUISIANA , USA; MODELING SEDIMENT; NONLINEAR FUNCTIONS; RATE PARAMETERS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; SUMMER MONTHS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; UNIQUE FEATURES; WATER-AIR INTERFACE; WINTER MONTHS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; WATER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; MODELING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIR; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EROSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMALIZED ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; VART DOS MODEL; WATER FLOW; WINTER;

AMITE RIVER; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868261345     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.059     Document Type: Article

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