Spatial decision support for assessing impacts of atmospheric sulfur deposition on aquatic ecosystems in the southern Appalachian Region

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1197-1206

  Reynolds, Keith M ^a   Hessburg, Paul F ^a   Sullivan, Timothy ^b   Povak, Nicholas ^a   McDonnell, Todd ^b   Cosby, Bernard ^c   Jackson, William ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b E and S Environmental Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEPOSITION; SULFUR;

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; LOGIC-BASED MODELING; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT; SPATIAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SULFUR DEPOSITIONS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 84857990749     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2012.542     Document Type: Conference Paper

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