Methodology for Identifying Optimal Locations of Water Quality Sensors in River Systems

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-103

  Pollak, Adam W ^a   Peirce, J Jeffrey ^a   Alvarez Vázquez, Lino J ^b   Vázquez Méndez, Miguel E ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Optimal location; River systems; Water pollution; Water quality sampling

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; LOCATION; MONITORING; POLLUTION DETECTION; RIVERS; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINATION EVENTS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; OPTIMAL SENSOR LOCATIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY SAMPLING; WATER QUALITY SENSORS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FECAL COLIFORM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

SUIDAE;

EID: 84871931175     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-012-9329-z     Document Type: Article

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