The influence of contrasting suspended particulate matter transport regimes on the bias and precision of flux estimates

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 515-531

  Moatar, Florentina ^a   Person, Gwenaelle ^a   Meybeck, Michel ^b   Coynel, Alexandra ^c   Etcheber, Henri ^c   Crouzet, Philippe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^d EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Flux; Load estimate; Precision; Sampling frequency; Suspended particulate matter

Indexed keywords

LOAD ESTIMATE; SAMPLING FREQUENCY; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); MASS TRANSFER; RIVER BASIN PROJECTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DATABASE; DIFFUSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECISION; RIVER BASIN; SAMPLING BIAS;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DATA BASE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GERMANY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749434631     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

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