Nonpoint source pollution loading from an undistributed tropic forest area

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 146, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 113-126

  Chang, Chih Hua ^a   Wen, Ching Gung ^a   Huang, Chia Hui ^b   Chang, Shui Ping ^c   Lee, Chih Sheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

^c KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Forest; HSPF; Non point source pollution; Regression model; Unit load

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBROUTINES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FOREST; HSPF; NON POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REGRESSION MODEL; UNIT LOAD;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FOREST; MOUNTAIN STREAM; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 53649110779     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-0064-x     Document Type: Article

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