Application of automated QUAL2Kw for water quality modeling and management in the Bagmati River, Nepal

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 202, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 503-517

  Kannel, Prakash Raj ^a   Lee, S ^a   Lee, Y S ^b   Kanel, S R ^c   Pelletier, G J ^d   Kim, Hyungsoo ^e  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY   (United States)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bagmati River; Calibration; Confirmation; Modeling; QUAL2Kw; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BAGMATI RIVER; LOCAL OXYGENATION; POLLUTION LOADS MODIFICATION; QUAL2KW;

WATER QUALITY;

AUTOMATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; BAGMATI RIVER; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33847638482     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.12.033     Document Type: Article

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