Development of pollution indices for the middle section of the Lower Seyhan Basin (Turkey)

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 29, Issue , 2013, Pages 6-17

  Golge, Mehmet ^a   Yenilmez, Firdes ^a   Aksoy, Aysegul ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air quality index; ArcGIS; Kriging; Pollution index; Seyhan Basin; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

ARCGIS; KRIGING; POLLUTION INDEX; QUALITY INDICES; SEYHAN BASIN; WATER QUALITY INDEXES;

AIR QUALITY; DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POLLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGGREGATE; AIR QUALITY; GIS; KRIGING; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOFTWARE; WATER QUALITY;

SEYHAN BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 84872397630     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.11.021     Document Type: Article

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