Probabilistic behavior of water-quality loads

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1081-1089

  Vogel, Richard M ^a   Rudolph, Beth E ^b   Hooper, Richard P ^c  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

^b Engineering and Planning Department   (United States)

^c CUAHSI ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental quality; Probability distribution; Regression models; Sediment concentration; Sediment discharge; Sediment load; Water quality

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT LOAD;

WATER QUALITY;

NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24044544615     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2005)131:7(1081)     Document Type: Article

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