Assessment of data and parameter uncertainties in integrated water-quality model

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1913-1921

  Freni, Gabriele ^a   Mannina, Giorgio ^b   Viviani, Gasparee ^b  

^a KORE UNIVERSITY OF ENNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental modelling; Integrated urban drainage systems; Receiving water body; Uncertainty analysis; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED MODELS; INTEGRATED URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; RECEIVING WATERS; SEWER SYSTEM; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; SUBMODELS; UNCERTAINTY OF MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION; URBAN DRAINAGE; VARIANCE DECOMPOSITION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; INTEGRATION; MODEL STRUCTURES; RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CATCHMENT; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SEWER NETWORK; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN DRAINAGE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ITALY; PROCESS MODEL; RIVER BASIN; URBAN AREA; VARIANCE; WATER QUALITY;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SANITARY ENGINEERING; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ITALY; NOCELLA BASIN; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY;

EID: 79957633323     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.417     Document Type: Article

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