Estimating dissolved oxygen depletion from anthropogenic and riverine loading using a three-dimensional water quality model

Proceedings of the International Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 274-294

  Bowen, James D ^a   Rajbhandari, Narayan ^b  

^a The University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

^b 1617 Mail Service Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODE; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; SEDIMENT OXYGEN DEMAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY MODELING; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLUID DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER QUALITY;

ESTUARIES;

EID: 84884207731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412411.00017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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