Calibration and uncertainty analysis of a simple model of silica-limited diatom growth in the Elbe River

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-244

  Callies, U ^a   Scharfe, M ^a   Ratto, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elbe River; GLUE; Model over parameterisation; Model uncertainty analysis; Principal component analysis; Silica limitation

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

DIATOMS; ELBE RIVER; MODEL OVER-PARAMETERIZATION; MODEL UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; SILICA LIMITATION;

SILICA;

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIATOM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SILICA; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ELBE RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 40849102333     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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