Quantifying uncertainty in critical loads: (B) acidity mass balance critical loads on a sensitive site

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 25-46

  Skeffington, R A ^a   Whitehead, P G ^a   Abbott, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b RICARDO UK LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acid deposition; Critical load exceedance; Dispersion model; Emission control; Environmental policy; Liphook; Monte Carlo analysis; Sensitivity analysis; Steady state mass balance model; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CARBON; DEPOSITION; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY; REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHERING;

ACID DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOADS; STEADY STATE MASS BALANCE MODEL;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

CATION;

ACID DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CRITICAL LOAD; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACIDITY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MASS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHERING;

EID: 29844442012     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-2218-9     Document Type: Article

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