The influence of climate variation on the estimation of low flows used to protect water quality: A nationwide assessment

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1339-1349

  Saunders III, James F ^a   Murphy, Marylee ^b   Clark, Martyn ^a   Lewis Jr , William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate variation; Design flow; NPDES permits; Surface water hydrology; Water quality; Water quality based effluent limits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES; CLIMATE VARIATIONS; NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM;

WATER QUALITY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LOW FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 7044269520     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb01590.x     Document Type: Article

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