Mass load estimation errors utilizing grab sampling strategies in a karst watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1361-1372

  Fogle, Alex W ^a   Taraba, Joseph L ^b   Dinger, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Karst; Mass load; Sample error; TMDL; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

MASS LOAD ESTIMATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

DIURNAL VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; KARST; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RIVER CHANNEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 1642523609     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2003.tb04423.x     Document Type: Article

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