Qualidex - A new software for generating water quality indice

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 201-231

  Sarkar, Chinmoy ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Monitoring; Software; Virtual instrument; Water quality indice

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-AUTOMATED TOOL; VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT; WATER QUALITY INDICE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATIONAL PARK; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOFTWARE; TOXICITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POLLUTION MONITORING; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746662829     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9023-6     Document Type: Article

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