Predictive uncertainty in water-quality modeling

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1315-1325

  Chin, David A ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer models; Rivers; Streams; Uncertainty principles; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELS; CONDITIONAL LIKELIHOOD; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FECAL COLIFORM; GAUSSIANS; GEORGIA; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL ERRORS; MODEL PARAMETERS; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTY; QUALITY MODELING; QUALITY MODELS; SENSITIVE PARAMETER; SQUARE ROOTS; STANDARD ERRORS; STREAMS; THIRD-ORDER; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES; WATERSHED-SCALE MODELS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES; LANDFORMS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM ERRORS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FECAL COLIFORM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; MODEL VALIDATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; STREAMWATER; TRANSFORM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

GEORGIA; LITTLE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749100599     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000101     Document Type: Article

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