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.
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Water quality--Mathematical models Water quality management Hydrology--Mathematical models Pollution Computer simulation Engineering mathematics Environmental sciences Geography