Modeling variability and trends in pesticide concentrations in streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1308-1324

  Vecchia, A V ^a   Martin, J D ^a   Gilliom, R J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Censored data; Monitoring; Regression analysis; Seasonal application rates; Simulation; Water quality modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; APPLICATIONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FABRICS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; HERBICIDES; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MONTE CARLO METHODS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CENSORED DATA; MONITORING; SEASONAL APPLICATION RATES; SIMULATION; WATER-QUALITY MODELING;

PESTICIDES;

COCCOLITH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 53549128401     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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