Quantifying watershed sensitivity to spatially variable N loading and the relative importance of watershed N retention mechanisms

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Gardner, Kristin K ^a   Mcglynn, Brian L ^a   Marshall, Lucy A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSING MODEL; BASEFLOWS; BAYESIAN MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO; GLOBAL PROBLEMS; LAND USE/LAND COVER; LAND-USE ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; MODEL SPECIFICATIONS; MODELING RESULTS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RETENTION MECHANISM; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STREAM NETWORKS; STREAMWATER CHEMISTRY; TRAVEL TIME; WASTEWATER LOADINGS; WATERSHED AREAS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LOADING; MARKOV PROCESSES; METADATA; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TERRAIN; TRACER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATERSHED;

EID: 80052042599     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009738     Document Type: Article

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