Dynamically coupled 3D pollutant dispersion model for assessing produced water discharges in the Canadian offshore area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1434-1442

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

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATED WATER; CROSS FLOWS; DISCHARGE VOLUME; DISPERSION PROCESS; DYNAMIC COUPLINGS; FAR-FIELD; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FIELD VALIDATION; GRAND BANKS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIXING PROCESS; MODELING RESULTS; MODELING STUDIES; MODELING SYSTEMS; NEAR-FIELD; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; OFFSHORE AREA; OIL AND GAS; POLLUTANT DISPERSIONS; PRODUCED WATER; RECEIVING WATERS; SECOND ORDERS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WASTE STREAM; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER ENVIRONMENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; WATER POLLUTION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

SEA WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PLUME; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SALINITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 84873447873     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es302497c     Document Type: Article

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