Predicting impacts of increased CO 2 and climate change on the water cycle and water quality in the semiarid James River Basin of the Midwestern USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-160

  Wu, Yiping ^a   Liu, Shuguang ^a,b   Gallant, Alisa L ^a,b  

^a EARTH RESOURCES OBSERVATION AND SCIENCE EROS CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2; Groundwater recharge; Nitrate nitrogen; Soil water content; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ARID AND SEMI-ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; CLIMATE PROJECTION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLES; HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEM; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABLES; NITRATE NITROGEN; NITROGEN LOADS; RIVER BASINS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL WATER CONTENT; STREAM WATER; SWAT; WATER CYCLE; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION; WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGES; WATER YIELD;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; NITROGEN CYCLE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RIVER BASIN; SEMIARID REGION; WATER QUALITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RIVER BASIN; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CYCLE; WATER LOADING; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROUNDWATER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NORTH DAKOTA; RAIN; RIVERS; SNOW; SOUTH DAKOTA; TIME FACTORS; WATER CYCLE; WATER QUALITY;

JAMES BASIN; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84861386590     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.058     Document Type: Article

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