Modelling the spatial and seasonal variability of water quality for entire river networks: Relationships with natural and anthropogenic factors

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 545-546, Issue , 2016, Pages 152-162

  Álvarez Cabria, Mario ^a   Barquín, José ^a   Peñas, Francisco J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Land uses; Nitrates; Phosphates; Random forest; Temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DECISION TREES; EFFLUENTS; LAND USE; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; ANTHROPOGENIC FACTORS; ANTHROPOGENIC PRESSURES; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTRIBUTES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; RANDOM FORESTS; WATER QUALITY VARIABLES;

WATER RESOURCES;

NITRATE; PHOSPHATE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; EFFLUENT; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM FOREST; RIVER; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SPAIN;

EID: 84952691019     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.109     Document Type: Article

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