Riverine fluxes of pollutants: Towards predictions of uncertainties by flux duration indicators

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 367-382

  Moatar, Florentina ^a   Meybeck, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Imprecision; Load estimates; Nutrients; Sampling frequency; Suspended particulate matter; TDS

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DISSOLVED MATTER; FLUX MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; CUYAHOGA RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GRAND RIVER [ONTARIO]; LOIRE RIVER; MARNE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; OISE; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PICARDIE; SEINE RIVER; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34347325130     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.05.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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