A global Water Quality Index and hot-deck imputation of missing data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 108-119

  Srebotnjak, Tanja ^a   Carr, Genevieve ^b   De Sherbinin, Alexander ^c   Rickwood, Carrie ^d  

^a ECOLOGIC INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Government of Canada   (Canada)

^c Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^d NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distance to target; Environmental Performance Index; Hot deck imputation; Water Quality Index

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; DECISION MAKERS; DISTANCE-TO-TARGET; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LAW; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE; HOT-DECK IMPUTATION; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; IMPUTATION OF MISSING VALUES; INFORMATION NETWORKS; INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTORS; MISSING DATA; PH VALUE; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; QUALITY PARAMETERS; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER DEMAND AND SUPPLY; WATER QUALITY INDEX; WATER QUALITY INDEXES; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; INFORMATION SERVICES; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECISION MAKING; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; PH; PHOSPHORUS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 83155194615     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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