Biofuels and water quality: Challenges and opportunities for simulation modeling

Biofuels

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-477

  Engel, Bernard ^a   Chaubey, Indrajeet ^a   Thomas, Mark ^a   Saraswat, Dharmendra ^b   Murphy, Patrick ^a   Bhaduri, Budhendra ^c  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; FEDERAL AGENCY; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; IMPACT SIMULATION; TEMPORAL SCALE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

BIOFUELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RATING; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80054993439     PISSN: 17597269     EISSN: 17597277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bfs.10.17     Document Type: Review

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