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Water quality modelling for rivers and streams/ edited by Marcello Benedini, George Tsakiris - New York: Springer, 2013. - xvii, 288 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - (Water science and technology library) .

Water Quality in the Context of Water Resources Management --
Basic Notions --
Mathematical Interpretation of Pollution Transport --
Fundamental Expressions --
Dispersion in Rivers and Streams --
The Biochemical Pollution --
The Most Frequent Pollutants in a River --
Temperature Dependence --
Application of the General Differential Equations --
The Steady-State Case --
Interpretation in Finite Terms --
Progress in Numerical Modelling: The Finite Difference Method --
The finite element method --
The finite volume method --
Multidimensional approach --
Thermal pollution --
Optimisation models --
Model calibration and verification --
Water quality measurements and uncertainty --
Model reliability --
Final thoughts and future trends.

ISBN: 9789400755086

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Water quality--Mathematical models
Water quality management
Hydrology--Mathematical models
Pollution
Computer simulation
Engineering mathematics
Environmental sciences
Geography

Dewey Class. No.: 551.48024627 / BEN/W