Estimating nonpoint source pollution in the upper Yangtze River using the export coefficient model, remote sensing, and geographical information system

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Liu, Rui Min ^a   Yang, Zhi Feng ^a   Shen, Zhen Yao ^a   Yu, Shaw L ^b   Ding, Xiao Wen ^a   Wu, Xing ^a   Liu, Fang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coefficients; Geographic information systems; Nonpoint pollution; Remote sensing; River basins; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHONGQING; COEFFICIENT MODELS; COEFFICIENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NONPOINT POLLUTION; NPS POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUES; RIVER BASINS; SOURCE AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; UPPER YANGTZE RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER BASIN;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; CHINA; CHONGQING; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIALING RIVER; JINSHA RIVER; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 69249150126     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2009)135:9(698)     Document Type: Article

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