Uncertainty and risk in water quality modelling and management

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 259-274

  McIntyre, Neil R ^a   Wagener, Thorsten ^b   Wheater, Howard S ^a   Yu, Zeng Si ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Modelling; Monte Carlo; Risk; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544223095     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: 14651734     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2003.0022     Document Type: Article

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