Integration of MONERIS and GREAT-ER in the decision support system for the German Elbe river basin

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Berlekamp, Jürgen ^a   Lautenbach, Sven ^b   Graf, Neil ^a   Reimer, Silke ^c   Matthies, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c Intevation GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Integrated modelling; River basin management; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

INTEGRATED MODELING; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT; ROUTING ALGORITHMS;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BASIN MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REFORESTATION; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33749257138     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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