Estimating relations between temperature, relative humidity as independed variables and selected water quality parameters in Lake Manzala, Egypt

Ain Shams Engineering Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-14

  Sallam, Gehan A H ^a   Elsayed, E A ^a  

^a NATIONAL WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Lake Manzala; Relative humidity; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; LAKES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TURBIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL LAKE; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; LAKE MANZALUM; MEASUREMENT DATA; REAL- TIME; TEMPERATURE-RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY PARAMETERS;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85045897362     PISSN: 20904479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asej.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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