Tracing biogeochemical processes in stream water and groundwater using non-linear statistics

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 357, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 11-28

  Lischeid, Gunnar ^a   Bittersohl, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Bavarian State Agency for the Environment   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catchment; Correlation dimension; Isometric feature mapping; Principal component analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHENIUM; ROADS AND STREETS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STATISTICAL METHODS; STATISTICS; STORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACES; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (I ,J) CONDITIONS; APPLIED (CO); BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CORRELATION DIMENSION (CD); DATA SETS; DIFFERENT PROCESSES; DIFFERENT SCALES; DIFFERENT SOLUTES; FEATURE MAPPING; FEED BACK LOOPS; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER SAMPLING; GROUNDWATER WELLS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHODS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RAIN STORMS; RE-WETTING; REDOX PROCESSING; RIPARIAN WETLANDS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SALT CONTAMINATION; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; STREAM WATERS; TEMPORAL PATTERN (TRAP); TOTAL VARIANCE;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; DENITRIFICATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MAPPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

BAVARIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LEHSTENBACH;

EID: 45849097186     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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