Climate change impacts on streamflow, water quality, and best management practices for the shell and logan creek watersheds in Nebraska

International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-34

  van Liew, Michael W ^a   Feng, S ^b   Pathak, T B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; Model calibration; SWAT; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859083873     PISSN: 19346344     EISSN: 19346352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3965/j.ijabe.20120501.003     Document Type: Article

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