Modeling contaminant spills in the truckee river in the western United States

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 343-354

  Rivord, Jeremy ^a   Laurel Saito, P E ^b   Miller, Glenn ^b   Stoddard, Shawn S ^c  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Truckee Meadows Water Authority   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling; OTIS; Rivers streams; Transport and fate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894047644     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000338     Document Type: Article

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