Development and Adoption of a Simple Nonpoint Source Pollution Model for Port Phillip Bay, Australia

Environmental Management

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 360-372

  Argent, Robert M ^a   Mitchell, V Grace ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interface prototyping; Model development process; Nonpoint source pollution; Software adoption

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MANAGERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PLANNING METHOD; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; PROCESS MODEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

VICTORIA;

EID: 0345257836     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-003-0024-3     Document Type: Article

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