Modelling the impacts of climate change on flow and nitrate in the River Thames: Assessing potential adaptation strategies

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 902-916

  Jin, Li ^a,b   Whitehead, Paul G ^a   Futter, Martyn N ^c   Lu, Zunli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catchment hydrology; Climate change; Nitrate; River flow

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION STRATEGIES; BEHAVIOURAL MODEL; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONCENTRATION CHANGE; DENITRIFICATION RATE; ENGLAND; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; MEASURED PARAMETERS; N DYNAMICS; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; ON FLOW; POSSIBLE FUTURES; RIVER FLOW; RIVER SYSTEMS; RIVER THAMES;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; LAND USE; NITRATES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

RIVERS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RESERVOIR; RIVER FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TRANSFORMATION; VULNERABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871424462     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2011.080     Document Type: Article

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