Water quality modelling of the river Yamuna (India) using QUAL2E-UNCAS

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-144

  Paliwal, Ritu ^a   Sharma, Prateek ^a   Kansal, Arun ^a  

^a GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

First order error analysis; Monte Carlo analysis; QUAL2E UNCAS; River Yamuna; Water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

FLOOD CONTROL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

FIRST ORDER; FIRST-ORDER ERROR ANALYSE; MODELING PACKAGES; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUAL2E-UNCAS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; RIVER WATER QUALITY; RIVER YAMUNA; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

ERROR ANALYSIS;

RIVER WATER;

CARTOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INDIA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; RIVER; UNCERTAINTY; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; YAMUNA RIVER;

EID: 33846707221     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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