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Book Linked Hydrodynamic and Biogeochemical Models of Water Quality in Shallow Lakes

Download or read book Linked Hydrodynamic and Biogeochemical Models of Water Quality in Shallow Lakes written by Peter Shanahan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaches to lake water quality modeling are critically examined with particular attention to the formulation of water quality transport as the link between hydrodynamics and biogeochemical reaction. A linked water quality model for shallow lakes includes three major components: a biogeochemical reaction component, a lake hydrodynamics component and a water quality transport component. State-of-the-art modeling approaches for each component are reviewed, and a synopsis of phosphorus dynamics in shallow lakes is given. For the water quality transport component, review of the literature shows two significantly different approaches to water transport: a lumped component approach based upon multiple fully-mixed boxes, and a continuum approach employing the finite difference method to approximate the continuous governing equations. The multiple-box model is shown in an analysis of the kindred fully-mixed tanks-in-series conceptual reactor model to create an excessive implicit dispersion due to its formulation. This leads to a model in which the model mass transport is not closely related to the properties of the physical system. being modeled. Rather, dispersive transport in the model is shown to depend heavily upon the model formulation -- the model transport parameters thus cannot be specified from hydrodynamic data but must be found by calibration. In direct contrast, the finite difference model maintains a far closer approximation to the physical system and permits direct specification of water quality transport from the actual lake hydrodynamics. To support these arguments, a computer program incorporating both a multiple-box model and an alternative one-dimensional finite difference model is developed and applied to Lake Balaton in Hungary. The biogeochemical component of both models is a four component phosphorus-phytoplankton interaction model originally proposed by van Straten (1980). Hydrodynamic information is supplied to the one-dimensional finite difference model by linkage to a transient two-dimensional single-layer model of wind-driven circulation. A one-dimensional dispersion coefficient is computed from the two-dimensional velocity field using a method based upon that of Fischer (1966, 1969) and Holley, Harleman and Fischer (1970), but proceeding from the assumption that advection rather than turbulent diffusion dominates lateral mixing. The finite difference model developed for Lake Balaton consists of forty grids and is used to simulate a representative period from early spring to late summer. The results are contrasted with those produced by a four-box model of the lake using long-term average advection and calibrated dispersive exchange flows. The finite difference model is found to lead to a predicted behavior more similar to that observed in field data collected from Lake Balaton. Experimentation with the models is conducted to examine the behavior of the lake and the dominant factors leading to that behavior.

Book Linked Hydrodynamic and Biogeochemical Models of Water Quality in Shalow Lakes

Download or read book Linked Hydrodynamic and Biogeochemical Models of Water Quality in Shalow Lakes written by Peter Shanahan and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hydrodynamics and Water Quality

Download or read book Hydrodynamics and Water Quality written by Zhen-Gang Ji and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary reference for the modeling of hydrodynamics and water quality in rivers, lake, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands This comprehensive text perfectly illustrates the principles, basic processes, mathematical descriptions, case studies, and practical applications associated with surface waters. It focuses on solving practical problems in rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands. Most of the theories and technical approaches presented within have been implemented in mathematical models and applied to solve practical problems. Throughout the book, case studies are presented to demonstrate how the basic theories and technical approaches are implemented into models, and how these models are applied to solve practical environmental/water resources problems. This new edition of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality: Modeling Rivers, Lakes, and Estuaries has been updated with more than 40% new information. It features several new chapters, including one devoted to shallow water processes in wetlands as well as another focused on extreme value theory and environmental risk analysis. It is also supplemented with a new website that provides files needed for sample applications, such as source codes, executable codes, input files, output files, model manuals, reports, technical notes, and utility programs. This new edition of the book: Includes more than 120 new/updated figures and 450 references Covers state-of-the-art hydrodynamics, sediment transport, toxics fate and transport, and water quality in surface waters Provides essential and updated information on mathematical models Focuses on how to solve practical problems in surface waters—presenting basic theories and technical approaches so that mathematical models can be understood and applied to simulate processes in surface waters Hailed as “a great addition to any university library” by the Journal of the American Water Resources Association (July 2009), Hydrodynamics and Water Quality, Second Edition is an essential reference for practicing engineers, scientists, and water resource managers worldwide.

Book Water Quality Modeling

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  • Author : Brian Henderson-Sellers
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 1991-03-14
  • ISBN : 9780849369742
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book Water Quality Modeling written by Brian Henderson-Sellers and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1991-03-14 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the first decision support book aimed at water quality management for lakes and reservoirs. The book offers both a retrospective view (in terms of summarizing past work) and a prospective view (in terms of forecasting the greater use of such models as part of much needed environmental decision support systems). The concepts of lake and reservoir simulation modeling, as well as the concepts of decision support systems, formalized within the information systems discipline, are supported by a wealth of case studies. Case studies in the early chapters concentrate more on the physical (dynamic and thermodynamic) parameters, while later chapters stress the need for a more detailed representation of the biology and chemistry. Other case studies emphasize the management use of the model. New tools and concepts are also presented to facilitate the transfer of case studies presented in this volume from the arena of research to that of operational and planning management. Water quality managers, research scientists, and water engineers will find this volume an exciting source of new ideas and concepts.

Book Modeling and Managing Shallow Lake Eutrophication

Download or read book Modeling and Managing Shallow Lake Eutrophication written by Laszlo Somlyody and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1970s. the adverse effects of man-made eutrophication became manifest in many countries. which explains. perhaps. why there was such a broad interest when the former Resources and Environment Area of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) organized a workshop on the subject. There was such an enthusiasm among the partici pants that two further workshops were quickly organized. one on deep and the other on shallow lake eutrophication problems. The organization of these meetings was extremely stimulating. and the round table discussions among scientists from both West and East remain thought provoking for those who took part. The general feeling emerged that the complexity and multifaceted nature of the problem, even though perhaps not fully recognized at that time. clearly demanded a systems analysis approach. No wonder. then. that the request made by the Hungarian Member Organization of nASA to adopt Lake Balaton as a "real life laboratory" for an nASA case study fell on fertile ground. the more so since it appeared that shallow lake eutrophication had received less attention and was less well understood than that of deep lakes. And so the nASA Lake Balaton Case Study began. with the appointment of Gerrit van Straten as the first leader of the project.

Book Selected Water Resources Abstracts

Download or read book Selected Water Resources Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Uncertainty and Forecasting of Water Quality

Download or read book Uncertainty and Forecasting of Water Quality written by M.B. Beck and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis began its study of water quality modeling and management in 1977, it has been interested in the relations between uncertainty and the problems of model calibration and prediction. The work has focused on the theme of modeling poorly defined environmental systems, a principal topic of the effort devoted to environmental quality control and management. Accounting for the effects of uncertainty was also of central concern to our two case studies of lake eutrophication management, one dealing with Lake Balaton in Hungary and the other with several Austrian lake systems. Thus, in November 1979 we held a meeting at Laxenburg to discuss recent method ological developments in addressing problems associated with uncertainty and forecasting of water quality. This book is based on the proceedings of that meeting. The last few years have seen an increase in awareness of the issue of uncertainty in water quality and ecological modeling. This book is relevant not only to contemporary issues but also to those of the future. A lack of field data will not always be the dominant problem for water quality modeling and management; more sophisticated measuring techniques and more comprehensive monitoring networks will come to be more widely applied. Rather, the important problems of the future are much more likely to emerge from the enhanced facility of data processing and to concern the meaningful interpretation, assimilation., and use of the information thus obtained.

Book Analysis of Ecological Systems  State of the Art in Ecological Modelling

Download or read book Analysis of Ecological Systems State of the Art in Ecological Modelling written by W.K. Lauenroth and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) sponsors conferences, workshops and training courses with the aim of advancing the development of ecological and environmental modelling. The 3rd International Conference on the state-of-the-art in ecological modelling was sponsored by the ISEM in cooperation with the National Park Service Water Resources Laboratory and hosted by the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University. Its theme was the application of ecological modelling to environmental management and this book contains the full texts of the three invited papers presented in the five general sessions, plus the final summaries and syntheses of the topics covered during those sessions.

Book Hydrodynamics and Water Quality

Download or read book Hydrodynamics and Water Quality written by Zhen-Gang Ji and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-02-13 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference gets you up to speed on mathematical modeling for environmental and water resources management. With a practical, application-oriented approach, it discusses hydrodynamics, sediment processes, toxic fate and transport, and water quality and eutrophication in rivers, lakes, estuaries, and coastal waters. A companion CD-ROM includes a modeling package and electronic files of numerical models, case studies, and model results. This is a core reference for water quality professionals and an excellent text for graduate students.

Book Wetlands and Shallow Continental Water Bodies  Case studies

Download or read book Wetlands and Shallow Continental Water Bodies Case studies written by Bernard C. Patten and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Oceans and Aquatic Ecosystems   Volume I

Download or read book Oceans and Aquatic Ecosystems Volume I written by Eric Wolanski and published by EOLSS Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oceans and Aquatic Ecosystems theme is a component of Encyclopedia of Natural Resources Policy and Management, in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The theme guides the reader through various pathways followed by surface water on earth. It describes the dominant processes that govern how organisms interact with water and with each other, and how they in turn can modify water properties. This knowledge is important for humanity. Indeed, only by understanding our actions impacts upon water, and the animals and plants living in it, can we learn to exploit water, marine and fresh-water habitats and the living organisms, without destroying the resources on which our livelihood and very survival depend. The Theme on Oceans and Aquatic Ecosystems discusses matters of great relevance to our world such as: Freshwater Wetland Resources and Biology; Problems, Restoration and Conservation of Lakes and Rivers; Coastal Regions; The Oceans and Seas; Oceanic Islands These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Book Water Quality Modeling

Download or read book Water Quality Modeling written by Mervin D. Palmer and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book provides a broad based understanding of the water quality prediction process and evaluates the merits and cost effectiveness in using water quality models under field conditions.

Book Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes

Download or read book Eutrophication of Shallow Lakes written by László Somlyódy and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Technical Report

Download or read book Technical Report written by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Hydrodynamics Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1982-06 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts

Download or read book Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-07 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mathematical Modeling of Water Quality

Download or read book Mathematical Modeling of Water Quality written by Gerald T. Orlob and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1983 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: