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A Two-Dimensional Model for Simulating the Transport and Fate of Toxic Chemicals in a Stratified Reservoir

Roy R. Gu*,a and Se-Woong Chungb

a Dep. of Civil Engineering, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA 50011
b Water Management Center, Korea Water Resources Corporation, Seoul, Korea



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Fig. 1. Flow processes in a stratified reservoir.

 


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Fig. 2. Flow chart of the two-dimensional reservoir toxics model.

 


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Fig. 3. Map of the spill site and sampling stations in the Shasta Reservoir.

 


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Fig. 4. The flow velocity vector field (a) and contour of reservoir water temperature (b) in the Shasta Reservoir during the spill at 0900 h on 23 July 1991.

 


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Fig. 5. Contours of simulated methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) concentrations in mg L-1 (a) and concentration difference between tracer and MITC that represents the level of decay (b).

 


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Fig. 6. Observed and simulated methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) concentrations at selected sampling stations during the spill.

 


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Fig. 7. The linear relationships of observed and simulated methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) concentrations versus time during the early stage of the spill.

 


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Fig. 8. The spatial distributions of tracer (top) and methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) (bottom) concentrations in the interflow (a) and overflow (b) after 10 d (26 July 1991).

 


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Fig. 9. The longitudinal profiles of maximum tracer and methyl isothiocyanate (MITC) concentrations in the interflow (a) and overflow regimes (b) after 10 d.

 





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