Descriptive characteristics of surface water quality in Hong Kong by a self-organising map

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  An, Yan ^a   Zou, Zhihong ^a   Li, Ranran ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Self organising map; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITRITE NITROGEN; NON DISSOLVED MATTER; NONMETAL; PHOSPHORUS; SATURATED OXYGEN; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

MAP; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA NITROGEN DEMAND; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HONG KONG; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HONG KONG; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84954243354     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010115     Document Type: Article

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