Incorporating uncertainty into the ranking of SPARROW model nutrient yields from Mississippi/Atchafalaya River basin watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 534-549

  Robertson, Dale M ^a   Schwarz, Gregory E ^b   Saad, David A ^a   Alexander, Richard B ^b  

^a WISCONSIN WATER SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Mexico, hypoxia; Load; Mississippi; Nutrients; Ranking; Statistical methods; Yield

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RIVERS; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

GULF OF MEXICO, HYPOXIA; LOAD; MISSISSIPPI; RANKING; YIELD;

NUTRIENTS;

BOOTSTRAPPING; COASTAL WATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYPOXIA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RANKING; RIVER BASIN; STREAM; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63149093666     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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