Detecting the effect of land-use change on streamflow, sediment and nutrient losses by distributed hydrological simulation

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 172-182

  Tang, Lihua ^a   Yang, Dawen ^a   Hu, Heping ^a   Gao, Bing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Land use change; Non point source pollution; Pollutant load; Sediment yield; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL RUNOFF; DOMINANT FACTOR; HYDROLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LONG TERM SIMULATION; MIYUN RESERVOIR; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NORTHERN CHINA; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLLUTANT LOADS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL RUNOFF; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT-ROUTING; SOIL EROSION; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER SHORTAGES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; REFORESTATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL POLLUTION; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AFFORESTATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; STREAMFLOW; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; MIYUN RESERVOIR;

EID: 80054058477     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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