摘要
Athree-dimensionalnumericalmodel,EFDC(environmentalfluiddynamicscode)isappliedtothePamlicoRiverEstuary(PRE)ineasternNorthCarolinaoftheUnitedStatestoexaminethewindimpactonpollutantagedistributionsandresidencetime.Aseriesofmodelexperimentsrepresentingbasecase,remote-wind-inducedwaterlevelset-upandlocalwindscasesareconducted.ModelresultsindicatethatthepollutantmeanageandthesystemresidencetimearefunctionsofgravitationalcirculationinthePRE.Thesystemresponsestoremote-wind-inducedwaterlevelset-uparedifferentindifferentportionsofthePRE.Undersuchcondition,dissolvedsubstancesintheupstreamportionofthePREhaveayoungerageandshorterresidencetime(comparedwiththebasecase),bycontrast,theyhaveaolderageandlongerresidencetimeinthedownstreamportionofthePRE.Upriveranddownriverlocalwindsappeartohaveoppositeimpactsonpollutantagedistributions.ThesubstancesareretainedmuchlongerwithinthePREunderupriverwindthanthoseunderdownriverwind.Themodelresultsalsosuggestthatacross-riverwindsmayleadtolongerresidencetimethroughenhancedturbulencemixing,whichslowsdownthegravitationalcirculationinthePRE.
出版日期
2008年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)