Stochastic hydro-economic modeling for optimal management of agricultural groundwater nitrate pollution under hydraulic conductivity uncertainty

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 999-1008

  Pena Haro S ^a,b   Pulido Velazquez, M ^b   Llopis Albert, C ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertilizer allocation; Groundwater; Nitrates; Optimization; Stochastic management model; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURE POLLUTION; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DETERMINISTIC ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ECONOMIC MODELING; FERTILIZER USE; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HIGH PROBABILITY; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM VALUES; MIXED-INTEGER; MONTE CARLO OPTIMIZATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITROGEN REDUCTION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; RELIABILITY LEVEL; RESPONSE MATRICES; RISK AVERSION; SPATIAL ALLOCATION; STOCHASTIC FORMULATION; STOCHASTIC MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; UNCERTAINTY; WORST CASE;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NITRATES; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITRATE; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79954838518     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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