Comparison of methods for calculating annual solute exports from six forested Appalachian watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 655-669

  Swistock, Bryan R ^a   Edwards, Pamela J ^b   Wood, Frederica ^b   Dewalle, David R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Calcium; Export; Grab samples; Magnesium; Nitrate; Nutrient budgets; Regression; Storm flow; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL SOLUTE EXPORTS; SULFATES;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HYDROLOGY; MAGNESIUM; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

FOREST WATERSHED; METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON; NUTRIENT BUDGET; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLUTE EXPORT; STREAM FLOW;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA; USA, WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 0031160850     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1085(199706)11:7<655::aid-hyp525>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Review

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