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Posen, Paulette, Lovett, Andrew 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0554-9273, Hiscock, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4505-1496, Reid, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9613-979X, Evers, Sarah and Ward, Rob
(2006)
Error propagation in groundwater pesticide vulnerability modelling.
In:
Proceedings of ACCURACY 2006 - 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
Proceedings of ACCURACY 2006 - 7th International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences
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Instituto Geografica Portugues, PRT, pp. 349-358.
ISBN 9728867271
Abstract
Although environmental modelling is increasingly performed within a GIS framework, analysis of the associated error is far from routine, and rarely presented with the results. An important benefit of performing error analysis is its value in determining which elements of a vulnerability assessment framework need improving. With this in mind, it was decided to examine the extent to which error might propagate through a model of groundwater vulnerability to pesticide contamination. A pesticide leaching model was developed and incorporated into an assessment of groundwater contamination risk from normal agricultural use of the herbicide isoproturon, in a 30 km x 37 km area of river catchment to the north-west of London, England. The model, which comprised two main components accounting for (i) degradation and (ii) attenuation of the pesticide, was based on conventional contaminant transport calculations, combined with existing soil, rainfall, hydrogeological and depth to water table data. The results of an error analysis on the model were used to assign confidence limits to the resulting risk maps. In this instance, correlation of model variables led to a reduction of error in the final output. However, the results of the analysis showed how inclusion of low quality input data can lead to a large increase in output uncertainty. It is suggested that error propagation analysis should be routinely included in groundwater vulnerability assessment.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | error propagation,gis,groundwater,leaching model,pesticide,geography, planning and development,environmental science(all),modelling and simulation ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Water Security Research Centre Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 11:30 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2023 14:08 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/88956 |
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