Parameter uncertainty analysis of the non-point source pollution in the Daning River watershed of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 405, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 195-205

  Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Hong, Qian ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Liu, Ruimin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

First order error analysis (FOEA); Monte Carlo method (MC); Non point source pollution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS;

CONTROL MEASURES; CURVE NUMBER; FIRST ORDERS; FIRST-ORDER ERROR ANALYSIS (FOEA); MAIN PARAMETERS; MODEL INPUT; MODEL OUTPUTS; MONITORING AND CONTROLLING; MONTE CARLO METHOD (MC); NON-LINEAR; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PARAMETER SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTIES; PLANNING AND DESIGN; SCREENING METHODS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; TEMPORAL PATTERN; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR REGIONS; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER POLLUTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SUMMER; UNCERTAINTY; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; DANING RIVER; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 52949138254     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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