Assessing spatial, temporal, and analytical variation of groundwater chemistry in a large nuclear complex, USA

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 571-598

  Chou, Charissa J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Bias; Mixed; Nested; Random effects model; Two way crossed; Unbiased estimate; Variance components

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION PROBLEMS; RANDOM EFFECTS MODELS; TWO-WAY CROSSED; UNBIASED ESTIMATE; VARIANCE COMPONENTS;

CONTAMINATION; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REMEDIATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 33746722027     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9044-1     Document Type: Article

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