A NEW MODELING APPROACH FOR ESTIMATING FIRST FLUSH METAL MASS LOADING

KAYHANIAN M. / KIM L. H. / LAU S. L. / et al. - ARTICLE DE PERIODIQUE - 2005

Modelling metal loading in major highways. Metal concentrations in water were tracked during three years in eight sites. Influence of rainstorms and seasons was investigated. A model including daily traffic, antecedent dry period, rain intensity, total runoff volume and runoff coefficient was proposed. The correlation coefficient between calculated and experimental values range from 0.8 to 0.95.