Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of a depth-averaged water quality model for evaluation of Escherichia Coli concentration in shallow estuaries

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1526-1539

  Cea, L ^a   Bermudez M ^a   Puertas, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Depth averaged modelling; Escherichia coli; Estuary; Monte carlo simulations; Sensitivity; Uncertainty; Water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

DEPTH-AVERAGED MODELLING; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUN; WATER QUALITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BATHYMETRY; CALIBRATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHALLOW WATER; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855511004     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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