A hybrid perturbation and Morris approach for identifying sensitive parameters in surface water quality models

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 150-159

  Huang, Y T ^a   Liu, L ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CE QUAL W2; Model parameters; Morris method; Parameter perturbation

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAKE WATER; MODEL VALIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARKANSAS; LAKE MAUMELLE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649225566     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200800133     Document Type: Article

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