Assessment of groundwater quality by means of self-organizing maps: Application in a semiarid area

Environmental Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 716-726

  Sanchez Martos, Francisco ^a   Aguilera, Pedro A ^a   Garrido Frenich, Antonia ^a   Torres, José A ^a   Pulido Bosch, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Multivariate analysis; Self organizing maps; Semiarid area

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WATER QUALITY;

SEMIARID ZONES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GROUND WATER;

AQUIFER; GROUNDWATER; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DESERT CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

SPAIN;

DESERT CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0036831135     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-002-2746-z     Document Type: Article

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