Regional approach to modeling the transport of floating plastic debris in the Adriatic Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 115-127

  Liubartseva, S ^a   Coppini, G ^a   Lecci, R ^a   Creti, S ^a  

^a CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Impact matrices; Lagrangian model; Markov chain; Plastic debris inputs; Plastic fluxes onto coastline

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LANDFORMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SURFACE WATERS;

COMPLEX SOURCES; CURRENT SIMULATION; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; MODEL RESULTS; PLASTIC CONCENTRATION; PLASTIC DEBRIS; SEA SURFACE AREA; WIND ANALYSIS;

DEBRIS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLASTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MARKOV CHAIN; PROCEDURES; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WIND;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO DELTA; VENETO;

PLASTIC; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WIND;

EID: 84959496483     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.12.031     Document Type: Article

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