Estimator bias in a lake phosphorus model with observation error

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-170

  Stow, Craig A ^a   Reckhow, Kenneth H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS;

EXAMINATION; LAKE; MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ESTIMATOR BIAS; LAKE PHOSPHORUS MODEL; OBSERVATION ERROR;

EID: 0029663662     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03109     Document Type: Article

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