Assessment of surface water quality using multivariate statistical techniques: case study of the Nampong River and Songkhram River, Thailand

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Muangthong, Somphinith ^a   Shrestha, Sangam ^b  

^a RAJAMANGALA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ISAN   (Thailand)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Factor analysis; Nampong River; Principal component analysis; Songkhram River; Surface water quality; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; RIVERS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; POLLUTION SOURCES; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; THAILAND; WATER QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY DATA;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LOWER STREAM; MIDDLE STREAM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); THAILAND; UPPER STREAM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PH; PROCEDURES; RIVER;

NAMPONG RIVER; NORTHEASTERN REGION; SONGKHRAM BASIN; THAILAND;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; THAILAND; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84938604415     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4774-1     Document Type: Article

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