Design of on-line river water quality monitoring systems using the entropy theory: A case study

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 63-81

  Karamouz, Mohammad ^a   Nokhandan, Amir Khajehzadeh ^a   Kerachian, Reza ^a   Maksimovic, Čedo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

On line monitoring; The entropy theory; The Karoon River; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION OF; ENTROPY THEORY; HUMAN RESOURCES; KAROON RIVER; MAIN COMPONENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; OFF-LINE MONITORING; ON-LINE MONITORING; OPTIMAL DESIGN; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; POTENTIAL SITES; REDUNDANT INFORMATIONS; RIVER MONITORING; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; SAMPLING SITE; SAMPLING STATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL FREQUENCY; THE ENTROPY THEORY; THE KAROON RIVER; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; ENTROPY; MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

RIVER WATER;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; ENTROPY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER WATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER; THEORY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; KAROON RIVER; KHUZESTAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 68149149697     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0418-z     Document Type: Article

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