Uncertainty assessment of a process-based integrated catchment model of phosphorus

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 991-1010

  Dean, Sarah ^a   Freer, Jim ^a,c   Beven, Keith ^a   Wade, Andrew J ^b   Butterfield, Dan ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse agricultural pollution; GLUE; INCA P; Phosphorus models; Uncertainty estimation; Water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

DAILY DISCHARGE; DIFFUSE AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; ENGLAND; FRACTIONAL AREA; GENERAL DYNAMICS; INCA-P; INFORMED DECISION; INPUT DATAS; INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MODEL; LAND USE TYPE; MODEL FIT; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION; OBSERVED DATA; PARAMETER SET; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; POINT SOURCES; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT; TEMPORAL SCALE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

CATCHMENTS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; GLUES; GLUING; HYDRAULIC MODELS; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYE RIVER [ENGLAND-WALES];

EID: 70349730124     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-008-0273-z     Document Type: Article

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