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Parameters estimation using some analytical solutions of the anisotropic advection-dispersion model
No full textParameters estimation in pollutant dispersion into sorbing soils with low conductivity lenses
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Assessment of sediment contamination and sampling design in Savona Harbour, Italy
No full textA method for assessing environmental contamination in harbour sediments and designing the forthcoming monitoring activities in enlarged coastal ecosystems is proposed herein. The method is based on coupling principal component analysis of previous sampling campaigns with a discrete optimisation of a value for money function. The objective function represents the utility derived for every sum of money spent in sampling and chemical analysis. The method was then used to assess actual contamination and found to be well suited for reducing the number of chemicals to be searched during extended monitoring activities and identifying the possible sources of contamination. Data collected in Savona Harbour (Porto Vado), Italy, where construction of a new terminal construction is planned, were used to illustrate the procedure. 23 chemicals were searched for within a total of 213 samples in 68 sampling points during three monitoring campaigns. These data were used to test the procedure. Subsequently, 28 chemicals were searched for within 14 samples in 10 sampling points and collected data were used to evaluate the experimental error and to validate the proposed procedure
An Assessment of the Experimental Error of a Non-invasive Optical Technique in Transparent Porous Media
No full textA New Analytical Solution for the 2D Advection–Dispersion Equation in Semi-Infinite and Laterally Bounded Domain
No full textThe parallel plate geometry has been considered to analytically solve the advection – dispersion equation in a porous medium. The solution proposed was obtained by the application of Cosine Fourier Series for the transversal domain, by the application of the Laplace Transform in regard to the temporal dimension and the introduction of a Theta Function and takes into account the boundaries of the experimental apparatus
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