Estimation of point and diffuse contamination loads to streams by non-parametric regression analysis of monitoring data

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 229-243

  Albek, Erdem ^a  

^a ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Monitoring; Non parametric regression; Point source; Stream pollution; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINANT LOADS;

CONTAMINATION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0041766622     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024592815576     Document Type: Article

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