Using modeled runoff to study DOC dynamics in stream and river flow: A case study of an urban watershed southeast of Boston, Massachusetts

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 212-222

  Tian, Yong Q ^a   Wang, Dawei ^b   Chen, Robert F ^b   Huang, Wei ^b  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; SWAT; Terrestrial DOC export; Upland ecosystem; Urban watersheds; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BOSTON ,MASSACHUSETTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC EXPORT; DRAINAGE AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYDROLOGICAL DATA; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; LAND-COVER TYPES; LARGE WATERSHEDS; RIVER FLOW; SCALING-UP; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; SWAT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; URBAN WATERSHED; VEGETATION DENSITY; WATERSHED MODELING;

DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

STREAM FLOW;

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPLAND REGION; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862829159     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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