Uncertainty in hydromorphological and ecological modelling of lowland river floodplains resulting from land cover classification errors

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 42, Issue , 2013, Pages 17-29

  Straatsma, Menno W ^a,b   van der Perk, Marcel ^b,f   Schipper, Aafke M ^c,f   de Nooij, Reinier J W ^d   Leuven, Rob S E W ^c,f   Huthoff, Fredrik ^e   Middelkoop, Hans ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Optimal Planet Training and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

^e HKV Consultants   (Netherlands)

^f Netherlands Centre for River Studies NCR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecotoxicological hazards; Floodplain vegetation; Hydrodynamic uncertainty; Monte Carlo analysis; Rhine river; Special areas of nature conservation; Suspended sediment deposition

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGICAL; FLOOD PLAINS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RHINE RIVER; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

AGGREGATES; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); BIODIVERSITY; BIOHAZARDS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ERRORS; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RIVERS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; WATER LEVELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAND COVER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MAP; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; OVERBANK FLOW; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TEST; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

NETHERLANDS; RHINE RIVER;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84874529137     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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