Uncertainty analysis at a large scales: Limitations and subjectivity of current practices - A water quality case study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Bijlsma, R M ^a,c   Groenendijk, Piet ^b   Blind, Michiel W ^c   Hoekstra, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Modeling; Scale; Subjectivity; Uncertainty; Water quality

Indexed keywords

NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION;

WATER QUALITY;

SURFACE WATER;

NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); RIVER BASIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ROLE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 35948954052     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.580     Document Type: Article

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