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A TWO‐DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE TRACKING ESTUARINE TRANSPORT MODEL 1
Author(s) -
Chu Wensen,
Gardner Shenill
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
jawra journal of the american water resources association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.957
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1752-1688
pISSN - 1093-474X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1986.tb01874.x
Subject(s) - estuary , effluent , flushing , environmental science , bay , sewage , limiting , turbulence , particle (ecology) , environmental engineering , water quality , tracking (education) , diffusion , hydrology (agriculture) , marine engineering , oceanography , engineering , geology , meteorology , ecology , geotechnical engineering , geography , physics , mechanical engineering , pedagogy , psychology , biology , endocrinology , medicine , thermodynamics
A two‐dimensional particle tracking model is developed for estuarine water quality investigation. The method requires only the solution of a two‐dimensional hydrodynamics model and, therefore, is more economical to use than conventional multi‐dimensional estuarine transport models. The present model does not consider turbulent diffusion, and it handles only conservative constituents. The model was applied to Humboldt Bay, California, where the flushing of sewage effluent was simulated. The model was applied to evaluate the present release plan, and to determine alternative release plans for limiting the transport of sewage effluent into shellfish producing areas Within the Bay.