Role of models for building an efficient monitoring design

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 528-535

  Erechtchoukova, M G ^a   Khaiter, P A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical load; Monitoring design; Monitoring system; Uncertainty; Water quality indicator

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LOAD; DATA COLLECTION; EFFICIENT MONITORING; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONITORING SYSTEM; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; TECHNICAL CONSTRAINTS; UNCERTAINTY; WATER QUALITY INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS; WATER QUALITY MODELS;

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 78650551885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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