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Line source distributions in two dimensions: Applications to water quality
Author(s) -
Di Toro Dominic M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr008i006p01541
Subject(s) - line source , quality (philosophy) , water quality , line (geometry) , distribution (mathematics) , water source , field (mathematics) , function (biology) , environmental science , distribution function , statistical physics , mechanics , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , biological system , computational physics , thermodynamics , geometry , optics , water resource management , ecology , quantum mechanics , biology , evolutionary biology , pure mathematics
The concentration distribution resulting from a uniform line source of mass that decays following first order kinetics in a two‐dimensional dispersive field is obtained. The resulting solution is given in terms of a tabulated function, and a typical water quality example is provided.