Inverse estimation of nonpoint sources of fecal coliform for establishing allowable load for Wye River, Maryland

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 3333-3342

  Shen, Jian ^a   Jia, Jian Jun ^b   Sisson, G McAllister ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Estuary; Fecal coliform; Inverse modeling; Nonpoint sources; Parameter estimation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WATER QUALITY;

ESTUARY; FECAL COLIFORM; INVERSE MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECAL COLIFORM; HYDRODYNAMICS; SAMPLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYE RIVER [MARYLAND];

EID: 33748943305     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.07.035     Document Type: Article

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