Application of weather radar in estimation of bulk atmospheric deposition of total phosphorus over Lake Simcoe

Canadian Water Resources Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-60

  Ramkellawan, Jeffrey ^a   Gharabaghi, Bahram ^a   Winter, Jennifer G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BEAM ATTENUATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FISH HABITAT; GROUND CLUTTER; LAKE SIMCOE; MACROPHYTE GROWTH; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; RAIN GAUGES; RAINFALL DATA; RAINFALL DEPTHS; RAINFALL ESTIMATES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATION DATA; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER YEAR; WEATHER RADARS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GAGES; LAKES; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; RADAR; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE;

EID: 66749161431     PISSN: 07011784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4296/cwrj3401037     Document Type: Article

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