A parsimonious dynamic model for river water quality assessment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 607-618

  Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Viviani, Gaspare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mathematical modelling; Physical chemical water quality; Sensitivity analysis; Simplified model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHANGES; CHEMICAL WATER; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; INADEQUATE DATA; LINEAR CHANNEL; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MODEL APPLICATION; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL OUTPUTS; NATURAL RIVER; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL WATER QUALITY; QUALITY DATA; RESEARCH GOALS; RIVER BED; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; STATE VARIABLES; SUBMODELS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; WATER MODELLING; WATER QUALITY MODELLING; WATERBODIES;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; RIVER WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESERVOIR; RIVER BED; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; DEOXYGENATION; DISPERSION; EUROPE; GEOMETRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REOXYGENATION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FRESH WATER; ITALY; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; OXYGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; SAVENA RIVER;

EID: 77950471806     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.865     Document Type: Article

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