Ensemble modelling of E. coli in the Charles River, Boston, Massachusettes, USA

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Hellweger, Ferdi L ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles River; Consensus model; Empirical model; Ensemble model; Escherichia coli (E. coli); Mechanistic model; Pathogen indicator

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EMPIRICAL MODEL; ENSEMBLE MODELING; MECHANISTIC MODEL; PATHOGEN INDICATOR;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

SURFACE WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; PATHOGENS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLUME; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WIND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BOSTON; CHARLES RIVER; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 35948945439     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.588     Document Type: Article

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