Spatially explicit multimedia fate models for pollutants in Europe: State of the art and perspectives

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3817-3830

  Pistocchi, A ^a   Sarigiannis, D A ^a   Vizcaino, P ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Data assimilation; GIS; Simplification; Spatially explicit fate models

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BOX MODELS; CHEMICAL CONCENTRATIONS; CHEMICAL EMISSIONS; CLIMATE VARIABLES; COMPLEX MODEL; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SETS; DISCRETIZATIONS; DISTRIBUTED MONITORING; FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; FATE MODEL; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INPUT DATAS; JOINT INTERPRETATION; META MODEL; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PROCESS SIMULATIONS; REALISTIC SIMULATION; SIMPLE MODEL; SOIL AND WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL MODELS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELING; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT MODELS; STATE OF THE ART;

ADVECTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ATMOSPHERE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOIL;

EUROPE;

EID: 77955055174     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.10.046     Document Type: Article

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