Calibration and validation of a phenomenological influent pollutant disturbance scenario generator using full-scale data

Water Research

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-185

  Flores Alsina, Xavier ^a,b   Saagi, Ramesh ^a   Lindblom, Erik ^a,c   Thirsing, Carsten ^d   Thornberg, Dines ^d   Gernaey, Krist V ^b   Jeppsson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SWECO AB   (Sweden)

^d Lynettefælleskabet IS ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Catchment modelling; Flow prediction; Influent modelling; Load prediction; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; FORECASTING; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION;

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CATCHMENT MODELS; FLOW PREDICTION; INFLUENT CHARACTERISTICS; INFLUENT MODELLING; INTERNATIONAL WATER ASSOCIATION; LOAD PREDICTIONS; SCENARIOS ANALYSIS; SIMULATION MODEL; TIMES SERIES;

TIME SERIES;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RAIN;

BIODEGRADATION; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWER NETWORK; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DYNAMIC INFLUENT POLLUTANT DISTURBANCE SCENARIO GENERATOR; FLOW RATE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWER; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

SCANDINAVIA;

CATCHMENT MODELLING; FLOW PREDICTION; INFLUENT MODELLING; LOAD PREDICTION; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84895076767     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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