Examination of the uncertainty in contaminant fate and transport modeling: A case study in the Venice Lagoon

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-239

  Sommerfreund, J ^a   Arhonditsis, G B ^a   Diamond, M L ^a   Frignani, M ^b   Capodaglio, G ^c   Gerino, M ^d   Bellucci, L ^b   Giuliani, S ^b   Mugnai, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant fate and transport modeling; Environmental management; Multimedia modeling; Uncertainty analysis; Venice lagoon

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LEAD; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; OCTACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN FURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; ITALY; LAGOON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; UNCERTAINTY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ITALY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

EID: 77649180582     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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