Data uncertainty estimation tool for Hydrology and Water Quality (DUET-H/WQ): Estimating measurement uncertainty for monitoring and modelling applications

Proc. iEMSs 4th Biennial Meeting - Int. Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software: Integrating Sciences and Information Technology for Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, iEMSs 2008

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 574-583

  Harmel, R D ^a   Smith, D R ^a   King, K W ^b   Slade, R M ^d   Smith, P ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Data collection; Discharge; Model calibration; Model validation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA COLLECTION; DATA UNCERTAINTY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; GOODNESS OF FIT; MEASURED DATA; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MODEL ACCURACY; MODEL CALIBRATION; MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; MODEL VALIDATION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESTIMATION; HYDROLOGY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863337618     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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