Two Chemical Spill Patterns in Tidally Dominated San Diego Bay

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Chu, Peter C
Kyriakidis, Kleanthis
Haeger, Steven D.
Ward, Mathew
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2006
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A coupled hydrodynamic-chemical spill model is used to investigate the chemical spill in the San Diego Bay. The hydrodynamic model shows that the San Diego Bay is tidally dominated. The chemical spill model shows the existence of two different patterns of chemical spill for pollution methanol, benzene, liquefied ammonia, etc. released at 0.5 m depth in the north 32 deg 43 min N, 117 deg 13.05 min W and the south bays 32 deg 39 min N, 117 deg 07.92 min W. For the north-bay release, the chemical spill in the whole basin with a fast speed of spill in the northern part 12 hours and a slow speed of spill in the southern part 20 days with very small concentration. For the south-bay release, the chemical pollutants are kept in the southern part. Very few pollutants reach 32 deg 41 min N parallel the boundary between the north and south bays.
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Chapter 6, In “Coastal Environment and Water Quality, edited by Y. Jun Xu and Vijay P. Singh, Water Resources Publications
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Chu, P.C., K. Kyriakidis
M. Ward, 2006: Two chemical dispersion regimes in tide-dominated San Diego Bay, Chapter 6, Coastal Environment and Water Quality, edited by Y. Jun Xu and Vijay P. Singh, Water Resources Publications (ISBN-13: 978-1-887201-47-6), 69-90
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