Combined inverse modeling approach and load duration curve method for variable nitrogen total maximum daily load development in an agricultural watershed

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1405-1413

  Chen, Dingjiang ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Wang, Hailong ^b   Shen, Yena ^a   Gong, Dongqin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

In stream attenuation; Inverse modeling; Load duration curve; Nonpoint source pollution; Total maximum daily load; Total nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INVERSE ANALYSIS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHANGLE RIVER; CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 80051665009     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0502-8     Document Type: Article

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