title: Determination of dispersion coefficients using radioisotope data in river environment.
abstract: A field tracer experiment using radioisotope (82)Br was performed to estimate the dispersion characteristics of pollutants in river environment. The dispersion coefficients in the longitudinal and transverse directions were determined by using the measured concentration of a radioisotope. Numerical models were applied to calculate the flow and concentration fields at the experimental site. Several numerical simulations were performed to investigate the effects of the numerical results according to variations of the dispersion coefficients. The calculated results for several runs were compared with the measured ones by using statistical methods. The calculated concentrations agreed well with the measured ones.
authors.affiliation: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeokdaero, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of Korea. kssuh@kaeri.re.kr
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001967:Bromine Radioisotopes; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D045483:Rivers; D014872:Water Movements; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical
chemical_list: D001967:Bromine Radioisotopes; D011849:Radioactive Tracers; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical