Watershed Regressions for Pesticides (warp) Models for Predicting Atrazine Concentrations in Corn Belt Streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 970-986

  Stone, Wesley W ^a   Gilliom, Robert J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; Modeling; Nonpoint source pollution; Pesticides; Regression analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MAXIMA; ATRAZINE CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION STATISTICS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; MODEL PREDICTION; MOVING AVERAGES; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMS DRAINING; WATERSHED AREAS; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; MODELS; PESTICIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84867098940     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2012.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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