Author(s)

J.W. Stijnen, A.W. Heemink & H.X. Lin H.F.P. van den Boogaard

Abstract

When dealing with a pollutant in coastal waters, it is important to know where and how it is transported. Since the initial concentration gradient is very steep, often a particle model is used to simulate the transport of the pollutant. In a particle model the spread of a solute is simulated by means of a large set of tracks (of individual particles) and from this ensemble concentrations must be derived. This last step is far from trivial. Particles represent mass rather than concentrations, and while the particle positions are a finite and discrete set, the observed concentrations g

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