Water quality sample collection, data treatment and results presentation for principal components analysis - literature review and Illinois River watershed case study

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3110-3122

  Olsen, Roger L ^a   Chappell, Rick W ^b   Loftis, Jim C ^c  

^a CDM SMITH   (United States)

^b Unit A   (United States)

^c Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination sources; Principal components analysis (PCA); Surface water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; CONTAMINATION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL METHOD; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY-OF-RESULTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INFILTRATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVALUATION; POULTRY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ILLINOIS BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860470090     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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