Numerical simulation of oil spill behavior in the persian gulf

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-96

  Aghajanloo, K ^a   Pirooz, M D ^a   Namin, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamic model; Mathematical modelling; Oil slick transport; Oil weathering processes

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL SPILL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CURRENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 84880690109     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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