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Modelling of the behaviour of micropollutants in the aquatic environment serves to generalize to other systems the knowledge gained from measurements in a specific situation, provided that certain rules are obeyed. In order to use a model as a tool for predicting concentrations in natural systems, calibration of the model is necessary. The model should be as simple as possible and only contain quantities which can be actually measured. The proper choice of model dimensionality, a key factor of model complexity, can be made by comparing reaction and mixing rates.
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Imboden, D.M. (1986). Mathematical Modelling of the Behaviour of Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment. In: Bjørseth, A., Angeletti, G. (eds) Organic Micropollutants in the Aquatic Environment. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4660-6_49
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