Spatial variability versus parameter uncertainty in freshwater fate and exposure factors of chemicals

Chemosphere

Volumn 149, Issue , 2016, Pages 101-107

  Nijhof, Carl O P ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   Golsteijn, Laura ^a   van Zelm, Rosalie ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental partitioning; European regions; Landscape parameters; Multimedia fate modelling; Statistical uncertainty

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARTITIONING; EUROPEAN REGIONS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; LANDSCAPE PARAMETERS; PROBABILISTIC MODELLING; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOL; ANILINE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FRESH WATER; GLYPHOSATE; HEPTACHLOR; PROPICONAZOLE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; RESIDENCE TIME; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FRESH WATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84960122977     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.01.079     Document Type: Article

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