Flow and nutrient transport in intermittent rivers: A modelling case-study on the Vène River using SWAT 2005;Flux d'eau et de nutriments dans les rivières intermittentes: Une étude de cas de modélisation sur la Rivière Vène avec SWAT 2005

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 268-287

  Chahinian, Nanée ^a   Tournoud, Marie George ^a   Perrin, Jean Louis ^a   Picot, Bernadette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Floods; Hydrology; Mediterranean rivers; Modelling; Nutrients; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; DATA RECORDS; INTERMITTENT RIVERS; MEDITERRANEAN RIVERS; MODELLING; MULTIOBJECTIVE MODELS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORT; POINT SOURCES; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SUB-CATCHMENT; SWAT MODEL; WATER QUALITY DYNAMICS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; FLOODS; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; SWATH BATHYMETRY; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; HERAULT; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; VENE RIVER;

EID: 79953280787     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2011.559328     Document Type: Article

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