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Simulation of Shear Dispersion of an Effluent Plume caused by Wind Stress on the Sea Surface

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Water Pollution: Modelling, Measuring and Prediction

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This paper is based on experience gained during the quality control of several site specific models of effluent dispersion in coastal areas in the UK and Eire, which has shown the perceived importance of wind effects when estimating shoreline concentration levels. The paper examines the relative importance of wind shear in this problem, proposes a form for the induced current profile, discusses the failings of the models often applied to coastal outfalls and suggests an outline methodology for a particle tracking model which would include explicitly the effects of wind and tidal shear currents.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, 107, Rottenrow, Glasgow, G4 0NG, UK

    G. J. M. Copeland

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  1. Computational Mechanics Institute Wessex Institute of Technology, Ashurst Lodge, SO4 2AA, Ashurst Southampton, UK

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Copeland, G.J.M. (1991). Simulation of Shear Dispersion of an Effluent Plume caused by Wind Stress on the Sea Surface. In: Wrobel, L.C., Brebbia, C.A. (eds) Water Pollution: Modelling, Measuring and Prediction. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3694-5_17

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