Application of automated measurement stations for continuous water quality monitoring of the Dender river in Flanders, Belgium

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 85-98

  Vandenberghe, V ^a,b   Goethals, Peter L M ^a   Van Griensven, A ^b   Meirlaen, J ^a   De Pauw, N ^a   Vanrolleghem, P ^a   Bauwens, W ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Automated measurement stations; Monitoring instruments; Real time; River water quality; Sensor

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN SENSORS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PH; RADIOMETRY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RIVER POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT STATIONS; MONITORING INSTRUMENTS; RAIN-INTENSITY; RIVER WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RAIN; RIVER WATER;

INSTRUMENTATION; MONITORING SYSTEM; POLLUTION MONITORING; REAL TIME; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMMONIA; BELGIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITRATES; OXYGEN; RAIN; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; DENDER RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25844441519     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3964-7     Document Type: Article

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