Modeling of non-point source pollution in a Mediterranean drainage basin

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-233

  Gikas, Georgios D ^a   Yiannakopoulou, Trisevgeni ^a   Tsihrintzis, Vassilios A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hydrograph; Management scenarios; Mediterranean drainage basin; Nutrients; Sediments; SWAT model; Verification

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CALIBRATION; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; METEOROLOGY; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTS; VERIFICATION; WATERSHEDS;

HYDROGRAPHS; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SWAT MODEL;

CATCHMENTS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARINE POLLUTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; WATERSHED;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 33747149939     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-005-9017-3     Document Type: Article

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