Equifinality, sensitivity and predictive uncertainty in the estimation of critical loads

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 236, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 191-214

  Zak, Susan K ^a   Beven, Keith J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical loads; Equifinality; GLUE; Predictive uncertainty

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; SURFACE WATER;

SOIL POLLUTION; THRESHOLD; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; AIR POLLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST; METHODOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

EID: 0032878758     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00282-X     Document Type: Article

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