Assessment of pathogen pollution in watersheds using object-oriented modeling and probabilistic analysis

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-63

  Elshorbagy, Amin ^a   Teegavarapu, Ramesh S V ^b   Ormsbee, Lindell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Object oriented modeling; Pathogen impairment; Probabilistic analysis; STELLA modeling environment; Stream impairment index; System dynamics; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846039188     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/jh.2006.012     Document Type: Article

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