Uncertainty in urban stormwater quality modelling: The effect of acceptability threshold in the GLUE methodology

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2061-2072

  Freni, Gabriele ^a   Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Generalised likelihood uncertainty estimation; Uncertainty assessment; Urban drainage integrated approach; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWERS; WATER QUALITY;

GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; URBAN DRAINAGE INTEGRATED APPROACH;

WATER ANALYSIS;

STORM WATER;

DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEWERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; LAND DRAINAGE; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWER OUTFALL; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 41949136887     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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