Use of neural networks for monitoring surface water quality changes in a neotropical urban stream

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 527-538

  Oliveira Souza da Costa, Andréa ^a   Ferreira Silva, Priscila ^b   Godoy Sabará, Millôr ^b   Ferreira da Costa Jr , Esly ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitario do Leste de Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Mathematical modeling; Point sources; Urban rivers; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POINT SOURCES; URBAN RIVERS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

BACKPROPAGATION; CALCIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM ION; SURFACE WATER;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PH; SEWER; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); RIVERS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BRAZIL; DOCE RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

IPANEMA;

EID: 68149162407     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0453-9     Document Type: Article

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