Interpolation of groundwater quality parameters with some values below the detection limit

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2763-2775

  Bardossy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA SETS; DETECTION LIMITS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GAUSSIANS; GERMANY; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; INDICATOR KRIGING; MARGINAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD APPROACHES; MEASURING DEVICE; NON-GAUSSIAN; ORDINARY KRIGING; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIAL SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

ARSENIC; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DATA PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; WATER QUALITY;

INTERPOLATION;

ARSENIC; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DATABASE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GROUNDWATER; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 80052405823     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-2763-2011     Document Type: Article

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