Box models and case study

This lecture introduces box models as simplified representations of environmental systems, focusing on a two-box model for a stratified water column. It covers lake models, including a detailed two-box model with various input and output processes. The lecture discusses linear two-box models for stratified lakes, emphasizing mass balance equations and rate constants. It also explores a case study involving anthracene spill in Lake Geneva, analyzing its half-life using different elimination processes.