Title of article :
Dynamic modeling of chemical fate and transport in multimedia environments at watershed scale—II: Trichloroethylene test case
Author/Authors :
Luo، نويسنده , , Yuzhou and Gao، نويسنده , , Qiong and Yang، نويسنده , , Xiusheng، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
Pages :
10
From page :
56
To page :
65
Abstract :
A multimedia environmental fate model was developed to study the temporal dynamics and spatial distribution of a chemical pollutant at watershed scale. The theoretical considerations and implementation of the model were described in the accompanying paper (Part I). This paper presents the result of a test simulation on the transport of trichloroethylene (TCE) in the Connecticut River Basin. The simulation results were reported as time series of concentrations and inter-media transport fluxes in the compartments of atmosphere, plant, soil, surface water, and sediment. Predicted concentrations from the test simulation were compared with published field data or predictions by validated models. The temporal trends in TCE predictions were evaluated by comparing the simulation results with monthly TCE concentrations in various environmental compartments and monthly fluxes of inter-media transport processes. Results indicated that the simulation results were in reasonable agreement with reported data in the literature. The results also revealed that the mass transport of TCE from the atmosphere compartment to soil and surface water was a major route of TCE dispersion in the environment.
Keywords :
Connecticut River Basin , Watershed modeling , Multimedia Environmental Model , TCE
Journal title :
Journal of Environmental Management
Serial Year :
2007
Journal title :
Journal of Environmental Management
Record number :
1584388
Link To Document :
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