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Project Metadata Element | Details |
Project Title | Assessment of environmental compliance of waterbodies through integration of monitoring and modelling |
Research Area | Water |
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Principal Investigator or Lead Irish Partner | Michael Hartnett |
Lead Institution or Organisation | National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) |
Lead Country | Ireland |
Latitude, Longitude (of Lead Institution) | 53.27905, -9.05794 |
Lead Funding Entity | Environmental Protection Agency |
Approximate Project Start Date | 01/10/2009 |
Approximate Project Finishing Date | 01/10/2012 |
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Project Keywords | Environmental compliance; Water quality; Monitoring; Modelling |
Project Abstract | This research will focus on developing a methodology for optimising water quality monitoring programmes and for developing assessment procedures for water quality compliance of lakes and estuaries with EU and national legislation. The approach adopted will be generic so that the methodology can be applied to different water quality parameters and different legislative instruments. The primary objective of this research project is to integrate water quality monitoring data together with model predictions to provide improved monitoring and estimates of water quality parameters in a cost-effective manner using the Bayesian maximum entropy (BME) method of geostatistics. |