Water quality assessment using multivariate statistical methods-a case study: Melen river system (Turkey)

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 959-978

  Koklu, Rabia ^a   Sengorur, Bulent ^a   Topal, Bayram ^a  

^a SAKARYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melen River; Multivariate statistical analysis; Parameter reduction; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; COMPLEX DATASETS; DATA SETS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; HIGH-LOW; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION WATERS; LATENT FACTOR; LIVESTOCK WASTES; MONITORING STATIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; PARAMETER REDUCTION; POLLUTION SOURCES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT AND FACTOR ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL FACTOR ANALYSIS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TOTAL VARIANCE; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; DATA STRUCTURES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EFFLUENTS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FUNCTION EVALUATION; IRRIGATION; METAL ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

MELEN RIVER; TURKEY;

EID: 77952239072     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9481-7     Document Type: Article

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