Streamflow response to climate and landuse changes in a coastal watershed in North Carolina

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 739-749

  Qi, S ^a   Sun, G ^b   Wang, Y ^a   McNulty, S G ^b   Myers, J A Moore ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Landuse change; PRMS; Watershed streamflow north carolina

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL WATERSHEDS; FOREST CONVERSION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGIC EVENTS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; LANDUSE CHANGE; LOCAL RESPONSE; NORTH CAROLINA; PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRMS; QUALITY PROBLEMS; RIVER BASINS; RUNOFF MODELING; SIMULATION EFFICIENCY; STUDY AREAS; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; URBAN AREAS; WATER MANAGEMENT POLICY; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER YIELD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW SIMULATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SIMULATORS; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL PLAIN; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RIVER BASIN; STREAMFLOW; URBANIZATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CLIMATES; FORESTRY; LAND USE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYS; TEMPERATURE; WATER SHEDS; WATER SUPPLY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; TRENT RIVER [NORTH CAROLINA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650559282     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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