000 a
999 _c198936
_d198936
020 _a9789400755086
040 _cCUS
082 _a551.48024627
_bBEN/W
245 _aWater quality modelling for rivers and streams/
_cedited by Marcello Benedini, George Tsakiris
260 _bSpringer,
_c2013.
_aNew York:
300 _axvii, 288 p. :
_bill. ;
_c24 cm.
440 _a(Water science and technology library)
505 _aWater 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.
650 _aWater quality--Mathematical models
650 _aWater quality management
650 _aHydrology--Mathematical models
650 _aPollution
650 _aComputer simulation
650 _aEngineering mathematics
650 _aEnvironmental sciences
650 _aGeography
700 _aBenedini, Marcello, ed.
700 _aTsakiris, George, ed.
942 _cWB16