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Farfield modeling of the Boynton Inlet plume using sulfur hexafluoride as tracer
| Title: | Farfield modeling of the Boynton Inlet plume using sulfur hexafluoride as tracer. |
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| Name(s): |
Pire-Schmidt, Joaquin. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Date Issued: | 2009 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xiv, 157 p. : ill. (some col.). | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | The analysis and modeling of the coastal farfield behavior of inlet discharge plumes is the key to understanding the fate of pollutants discharged into the ocean. These plumes disperse in chaotic and unpredictable patterns. Theoretical models are based on the average conditions and calibrated to the results of tracer studies. Data and models for freshwater discharges in coastal ocean systems are limited because of the lack of adequate tracers. On February, 2007, a tracer study was conducted on the Boynton Inlet, Florida, using sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer. The objective of this study is to provide methods of analysis for the sample data collected during the experiment. The detected tracer concentrated in a bolus that migrated north of the inlet at velocities lower than predicted by the current data. The plume was successfully modeled with a Gaussian plume model, with 90% of the SF6 predictions having less than 4.6 pptr error. | |
| Identifier: | 319833989 (oclc), 186771 (digitool), FADT186771 (IID), fau:2918 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Joaquin Pire-Schmidt. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Plumes (Fluid dynamics) Water -- Pollution -- Florida -- Boynton Inlet Sedimentation and deposition -- Environmental aspects -- Florida -- Boynton Inlet Pollution -- Mathematical models |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186771 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
