Assessing uncertainty in mass balance calculation of river nonpoint source loads

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-258

  Price, Jennifer Mueller ^a,b   Gates, Timothy K ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonpoint pollution; Rivers; Salinity; Selenium; Stochastic models; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

NONPOINT POLLUTION; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

COMPUTATION THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SELENIUM; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

WATER POLLUTION;

COMPUTATION THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SELENIUM; STOCHASTIC MODELS; WATER POLLUTION;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; MASS BALANCE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SALINITY; SELENIUM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUTE; STOCHASTICITY;

ARKANSAS RIVER; COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849097905     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:4(247)     Document Type: Article

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