A process-based and distributed model for nutrient dynamics in river basin: Development, testing and applications

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 247, Issue , 2012, Pages 112-124

  Alam, Md Jahangir ^a   Dutta, Dushmanta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed hydrology; Ecosystem; Nutrient pollution; Process based modelling; River Basin; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CATCHMENT AREA; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DISTRIBUTED MODELS; DYNAMIC EQUATIONS; EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; FLOOD EVENT; FLOW CAPACITY; GENERATION PROCESS; GRID-BASED; HIGH INTENSITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; IN-STREAM WATER QUALITY; LAND SURFACE; MAXIMUM LOAD; MODEL OUTPUTS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LEVELS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT POLLUTION; NUTRIENT RELEASE; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; RIVER BASINS; RIVER NETWORK; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SERIES OUTPUT; SHORT TERM; SIMULATED RESULTS; SOIL EROSION; STATISTICAL INDICES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAP; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; FLOODS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

CALIBRATION; CATCHMENT; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOODING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND SURFACE; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; STREAMWATER; TIME SERIES; WATER QUALITY;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SARU RIVER;

EID: 84866302320     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.031     Document Type: Article

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