Dynamic regression modeling of daily nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in a large agricultural watershed

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 4605-4617

  Feng, Zhujing ^a   Schilling, Keith E ^b   Chan, Kung Sik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Iowa Geological and Water Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

ARIMA; Nitrate nitrogen; Regression; Time series; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ARIMA; DYNAMIC REGRESSION MODELS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE NITROGEN; REGRESSION; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; LANDFORMS; LASERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DILUTION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SURFACE WATER; TIME SERIES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC REGRESSION MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION; RIVER BASIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTENT; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IOWA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

IOWA; RACCOON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

PROCYON;

EID: 84879039808     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2891-7     Document Type: Article

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