Meta-modeling of the pesticide fate model MACRO for groundwater exposure assessments using artificial neural networks

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 270-283

  Stenemo, Fredrik ^a   Lindahl, Anna M L ^a   Gärdenäs, Annemieke ^a   Jarvis, Nicholas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Exposure assessment; MACRO model; Meta modeling; Pesticide leaching

Indexed keywords

DUAL-PERMEABILITY MACROPORE FLOW MODEL (MACRO); MACROPORE FLOW; PESTICIDE LEACHING; SIMPLE INDEX METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METADATA; ORGANIC CARBON; RELIABILITY THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; SORPTION;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

CARBON; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; GROUNDWATER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METADATA; NEURAL NETWORKS; ORGANIC CARBON; RELIABILITY THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; SORPTION;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLOW MODELING; LEACHING; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL TEXTURE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LEACHING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KINETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PESTICIDES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOFTWARE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 34447641096     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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