Rapid calculation of oxygen in streams: Approximate delta method

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 336-342

  McBride, Graham B ^a   Chapra, Steven C ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision support systems; Dissolved oxygen; Mathematical models; New Zealand; Reaeration; Rivers; Streams

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN (DO); PHOTOPERIODS; SINGLE-STATION STREAM; STREAM REAERATION COEFFICIENTS;

OXYGEN;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; MODELING; STREAMWATER;

EID: 14644415538     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:3(336)     Document Type: Article

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