Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology and Nutrient Loading in the Upper Assiniboine Catchment

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-89

  Shrestha, Rajesh R ^a   Dibike, Yonas B ^a   Prowse, Terry D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrologic simulation; Lake Winnipeg watershed; Nutrient transport; Regional climate model; Snowmelt; SWAT

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGIC SIMULATIONS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SNOWMELT; SWAT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LAKES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RUNOFF; SNOWMELT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASSINIBOINE RIVER; CANADA; LAKE WINNIPEG; MANITOBA;

EID: 84856494718     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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