A new approach to water quality modelling and environmental decision support systems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 809-818

  Argent, R M ^a,c   Perraud, J M ^b,c   Rahman, J M ^b,c   Grayson, R B ^a   Podger, G M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c EWATER COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling toolkit; Component based modelling; E2; EDSS; Environmental decision support systems; The invisible modelling environment; Time

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT MODELLING TOOLKIT; COMPONENT-BASED MODELLING; E2; EDSS; ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; THE INVISIBLE MODELLING ENVIRONMENT; TIME;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

CATCHMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 62349103569     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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