New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries †
Abstract
:1. Introduction and Problem Formulation
2. Three-Step Strategy
2.1. Theoretical Background
2.2. The Model—CPoRT
2.3. Stakeholders’ Involvement
3. Results
3.1. Illustrative Example
3.2. User’s Feedback
4. Conclusions and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Galešić, M.; Andričević, R.; Divić, V.; Šakić Trogrlić, R. New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries. Water 2018, 10, 639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050639
Galešić M, Andričević R, Divić V, Šakić Trogrlić R. New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries. Water. 2018; 10(5):639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050639
Chicago/Turabian StyleGalešić, Morena, Roko Andričević, Vladimir Divić, and Robert Šakić Trogrlić. 2018. "New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries" Water 10, no. 5: 639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050639
APA StyleGalešić, M., Andričević, R., Divić, V., & Šakić Trogrlić, R. (2018). New Screening tool for Obtaining Concentration Statistics of Pollution Generated by Rivers in Estuaries. Water, 10(5), 639. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10050639