Calendar

SES # TOPICS
1 Introduction
2-3 Molecular Diffusion

Random Walk Processes

Application to Solar Ponds
4-6 Turbulent Advection and Diffusion

1-, 2-, and 3-D Models of Concentration Distributions from Point, Line, and Plane Sources

Instantaneous and Continuous Discharges

Applications to Water and Air Pollution
7-8 Spatial Averaging

Longitudinal Dispersion in Steady and Unsteady Flows

Applications to Rivers
9-11 Mixing in Estuaries and Embayments

Tidal Motion, Salinity Intrusion

Flushing and Residence Time Concepts

Field Tracer Studies
12 First Quiz
13 Reactor Tanks (Fully Mixed, Dispersed Flow, and Plug Flow)

Models of Reservoirs and Ponds

Applications
14-15 Initial Mixing (Jets and Plumes; Ocean Outfalls)

Applications
16-17 Surface Boundary Processes: Exchange of Mass, Momentum, and Thermal Energy

Thermal Stratification in Lakes and Reservoirs

Models of Oil Spill Trajectory

Gas Exchange
18-19 Bottom Boundary Processes: Sediment Erosion/Deposition

Discrete and Flocculant Settling

Sorption Processes

Sediment-Water Exchange
20-21 Carbon, Nutrient, and Oxygen Cycles

Dissolved Oxygen in Rivers and Estuaries
22-23 Numerical Models of Hydrodynamics and Water Quality and their Linkage in 1-, 2-, and 3-D

Model Selection/Assessment

Case Studies
24 Second Quiz
25-26 Student Presentations