Uncertainty assessment in suspended sediment fingerprinting based on tracer mixing models: a case study from Luxembourg

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 325, 2008, Pages 94-105

  Martinez Carrerasn N ^a   Gallart, F ^b   Iffly, J F ^a   Pfister, L ^a   Walling, D E ^c   Krein, A ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fingerprinting approach; Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; Multivariate mixing models; Suspended sediment sources; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

FINGERPRINTING APPROACH; FORMALIZED PROCEDURES; GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIATE MIXING MODELS; PROCESS UNDERSTANDING; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SEDIMENT FINGERPRINTING; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT SOURCES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENTS;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DYNAMICS; MIXING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MIXING; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROVENANCE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRACER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUXEMBOURG [BENELUX]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 62749098717     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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