Prediction of water temperature metrics using spatial modelling in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Rivers Moore, N A ^a   Mantel, S ^b   Dallas, H F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Classification; Ecological Reserve; Environmental surrogates; Multiple regression modelling; Water resources management; Water temperatures

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RESERVES; ENVIRONMENTAL SURROGATES; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; WATER TEMPERATURES;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCES;

TEMPERATURE;

CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; IMAGE; MAP; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84860508539     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v38i2.2     Document Type: Article

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