Uncertainty assessment of an integrated urban drainage model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 392-404

  Freni, Gabriele ^a   Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental water quality management; Integrated urban drainage modelling; Pollution evaluation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

COMBINED ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY LEVELS; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; GENERALIZED LIKELIHOOD UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; GLOBAL ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POLLUTANT SOURCES; POLLUTION EVALUATION; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER BASINS; ROBUST MODELS; SEWER NETWORKS; SEWER SYSTEM; UNCERTAIN FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; URBAN DRAINAGE MODEL; URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

CATCHMENTS; DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; EUROPEAN UNION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

BOLOGNA [EMILIA-ROMAGNA]; EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY; SAVENA RIVER;

EID: 70350389972     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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