Use of regression-based models to map sensitivity of aquatic resources to atmospheric deposition in Yosemite National Park, USA

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Clow, David W ^a   Nanus, Leora ^b   Huggett, Brian ^c  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID NEUTRALIZING CAPACITY; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; BASIN AREA; BASIN CHARACTERISTICS; DATA SETS; EPISODIC ACIDIFICATION; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; FLUSHING RATES; INPUT DATAS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; N DEPOSITION; NATIONAL PARKS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; QUALITY PROGRAMS; REGRESSION-BASED MODEL; SURFACE-WATER CHEMISTRY; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PARKS; ROADS AND STREETS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

ACIDIFICATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CIRQUE; DATA SET; FLUSHING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GIS; HYDROGRAPHY; MAP; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATIONAL PARK; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER; TALUS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WILDERNESS AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77957722510     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008316     Document Type: Article

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