Modelling the long term impact of climate change on the carbon budget of lake simcoe, ontario using INCA-C

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 387-403

  Oni, S K ^a,b   Futter, M N ^a,b   Molot, L A ^c   Dillon, P J ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate downscaling; Dissolved organic carbon; INCA C; Lake Simcoe; Surface water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CARBON BUDGETS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON CONCENTRATION ([DOC]); DOWN-SCALING; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; HYDROLOGIC FLOW; INCA-C; INTEGRATED CATCHMENT MODEL; INTERANNUAL; LAKE SIMCOE; LAND COVER; ONTARIO; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; RISING TEMPERATURES; SRES SCENARIO; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMICS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE CONTROL; ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOWNSCALING; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LAKE WATER; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUMMER; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TERRESTRIAL SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHED; WINTER;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONTARIO;

CANADA; LAKE SIMCOE; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84855550652     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.025     Document Type: Article

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