A combined microscopic and macroscopic approach to modeling the transport of pathogenic microorganisms from nonpoint sources of pollution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Yeghiazarian, L L ^a,b   Walker, M J ^c   Binning, P ^d   Parlange, J Y ^a   Montemagno, C D ^a,e  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; MARKOV PROCESSES; MICROORGANISMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; MODELING STRATEGY; NONPOINT SOURCES; STOCHASTIC MARKOV MODEL;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGY; MARKOV PROCESSES; MICROORGANISMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

MARKOV CHAIN; MICROORGANISM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 33750290682     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004078     Document Type: Article

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