Statistical modelling and power analysis for detecting trends in total suspended sediment loads

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 520, Issue , 2015, Pages 439-447

  Wang, You Gan ^a   Wang, Shen S J ^a   Dunlop, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Water Assessment and Systems Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Sciences Science Division Department of Science Information Technology Innovation and the Arts (DSITIA)   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Pollutant loads; Power; Suspended sediment; Trend detection; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION DETECTION; REEFS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT LOADS; POWER; TREND DETECTION; UNCERTAINTY;

SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84916215474     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.10.062     Document Type: Article

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