A Monte Carlo approach to the inverse problem of diffuse pollution risk in agricultural catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 433, Issue , 2012, Pages 434-449

  Milledge, David G ^a   Lane, Stuart N ^b   Heathwaite, A Louise ^c   Reaney, Sim M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Hydrological connectivity; Modelling; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; DIFFUSE POLLUTANTS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL QUALITY; EXPLICIT TREATMENTS; FINE SEDIMENTS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; INVERSE APPROACH; MODEL RESULTS; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; RISK-BASED MODEL; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL PATTERNS;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LAND USE; MODELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INVERSE PROBLEM; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE POLLUTION RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864074195     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.047     Document Type: Article

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