Application of a combined sensitivity analysis approach on a pesticide environmental risk indicator

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 129-140

  Zhan, Yu ^a   Zhang, Minghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation; Importance measurement; Pesticide risk; Sensitivity analysis; Sobol' method

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL; FIRST-ORDER SENSITIVITY INDICES; LETHAL CONCENTRATION; PESTICIDE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS; PESTICIDE PROPERTIES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOBOL' METHOD;

CORRELATION DETECTORS; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; GROUNDWATER; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PESTICIDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

EID: 84884192787     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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