Estimating bootstrap and Bayesian prediction intervals for constituent load rating curves

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8565-8578

  Vigiak, Olga ^a,b   Bende Michl, Ulrike ^c,d  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Rutherglen Centre   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN INFERENCE; BAYESIAN PREDICTIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY MONITORING; PREDICTION INTERVAL; REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; ROUTINE MONITORING; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; ESTIMATION; FORECASTING; INFERENCE ENGINES; RATING; WATER QUALITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; MONITORING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PREDICTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

DUCK RIVER; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897588063     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR013559     Document Type: Article

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