Impact of spatial rainfall variability on hydrology and nonpoint source pollution modeling

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 472-473, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-215

  Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Liao, Qian ^a   Liu, Ruimin ^a   Hong, Qian ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Nonpoint source pollution; Rainfall; Spatial interpolation method; SWAT; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING EFFECT; CENTROID METHOD; CO-KRIGING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELEVATION DATA; INTERPOLATION METHOD; INVERSE DISTANCE WEIGHTED; KRIGING; LARGE WATERSHEDS; NON-POINT SOURCE; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NPS MODELING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PREDICTION UNCERTAINTY; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION METHOD; SPATIAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SWAT; THIESSEN POLYGON METHOD; UNCERTAINTY; WATERSHED MODELING;

HYDROLOGY; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; STREAM FLOW; SURVEYING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERPOLATION; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KRIGING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMFLOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATERSHED;

CHINA; CHONGQING; DANING RIVER;

EID: 84868302847     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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