Climate change impacts on nutrient and sediment loads in a midwestern agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Informatics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-28

  Tong, S T Y ^a   Liu, A J ^a   Goodrich, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

BASINS; Climate change; Geographic information systems; Non point source pollution; Surface water hydrology; Water resources planning; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SURFACE WATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547098391     PISSN: 17262135     EISSN: 16848799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3808/jei.200700084     Document Type: Article

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