Calculating of river water quality sampling frequency by the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 909-916

  Do, Huu Tuan ^a   Lo, Shang Lien ^a   Phan Thi, Lan Anh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AHP; Analytic hierarchy process; River monitoring; River sampling frequency; River water monitoring station

Indexed keywords

AHP; DECISION MAKERS; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; MULTIPLE LEVELS; QUALITY MANAGERS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; RIVER MONITORING; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SAMPLING FREQUENCIES; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; RIVER WATER;

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; DECISION MAKING; MONITORING SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; TAIWAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84871996161     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2600-6     Document Type: Article

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