The Regionalization of National-Scale SPARROW Models for Stream Nutrients

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1151-1172

  Schwarz, Gregory E ^a   Alexander, Richard B ^a   Smith, Richard A ^a   Preston, Stephen D ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational methods; Geospatial analysis; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Statistics; Stochastic models; Transport and fate; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FREE MODEL; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; HYBRID MODEL; IMPROVED MODELS; MODEL COEFFICIENT; MODEL ESTIMATES; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REGIONAL MODEL; REGIONAL VARIATION; RIVER BASINS; STANDARD ERRORS; STREAM NUTRIENT; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TRANSPORT AND FATE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; STATISTICS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS; ZONING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREDICTION; REGIONALIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; STOCHASTICITY; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860416826     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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