Impact of climate change on the hydrology and nitrogen pollution in a tile-drained agricultural watershed in Eastern Canada

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-401

  Dayyani, S ^a   Prasher, S O ^a   Madani, A ^b   Madramootoo, C A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cold climate; Drainage; Hydrology; Modeling; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLD CLIMATE; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; MONTHLY CHANGE; NITROGEN POLLUTION; PHYSICALLY BASED; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; QUEBEC , CANADA; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY SIMULATION;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; MODELS; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LOSS; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TILE DRAIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CANADA;

EID: 84861609594     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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