Marine litter ensemble transport simulations in the southern North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 219-228

  Neumann, Daniel ^a,b   Callies, Ulrich ^a   Matthies, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lagrangian transport modeling; Marine debris; Seasonal variation; Source receptor relationship; Wind drift

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS;

LAGRANGIAN TRANSPORT MODEL; MARINE DEBRIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS; WIND DRIFTS;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MARINE LITTER; NORTH SEA; OCEAN CURRENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; WASTE; WIND; WIND DRIFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PROCEDURES; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

SOLID WASTE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORTH SEA; SOLID WASTE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

EID: 84922675533     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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