Trend study and assessment of surface water quality in the Ebro River (Spain)

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 361, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 227-239

  Bouza Deano R ^a   Ternero Rodriguez M ^a   Fernandez Espinosa A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Mann Kendall; Principal component analysis; Sen s slope; Surface water; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FEATURE EXTRACTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RANDOM VARIABLES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL VARIABLES; EBRO BASIN; EBRO RIVER; EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; MANN-KENDALL; PARAMETER VARIATIONS; PH LEVELS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; RIVER WATERS; SAMPLING STATIONS; SOURCES OF VARIATION; SPANISH; SURFACE WATER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

EBRO RIVER; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 53549112746     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.07.048     Document Type: Article

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