Sensitivity of stream flow and water table depth to potential climatic variability in a coastal forested watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1036-1048

  Dai, Zhaohua ^a   Trettin, Carl C ^b   Li, Changsheng ^a   Amatya, Devendra M ^b   Sun, Ge ^b   Li, Harbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change.; Forest hydrology; MIKE SHE; Streamflow; Water table

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL AVERAGE; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; COASTAL PLAIN; DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; FOREST HYDROLOGY; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MIKE SHE; MODEL CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION; MODEL EFFICIENCY; PHYSICALLY BASED; QUADRATIC POLYNOMIAL; SIMULATION RESULT; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WATER TABLE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WATER TABLE DYNAMICS; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MODEL VALIDATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STREAMFLOW; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957037494     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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