Effects of meteorological forcing on coastal eutrophication: Modeling with model trees

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 115, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-217

  Tamvakis, Androniki ^a   Miritzis, John ^a   Tsirtsis, George ^a   Spyropoulou, Alexandra ^a   Spatharis, Sofie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Eutrophication; Linear regression; Machine learning algorithm; Model tree; Process based modeling

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EUTROPHICATION; HOMOGENEITY; METEOROLOGY; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUNOFF;

EID: 84870321613     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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