Assessment of seasonal and polluting effects on the quality of river water by exploratory data analysis

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3581-3592

  Vega, Marisol ^a   Pardo, Rafael ^a   Barrado, Enrique ^a   Debán, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Box plot; Cluster analysis; Exploratory data analysis; Hydrochemistry; Pattern recognition; Principal component analysis; Surface water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; RIVER WATER;

RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031734921     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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