Computing atmospheric nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay watershed and tidal waters

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1025-1041

  Linker, Lewis C ^a   Dennis, Robin ^b   Shenk, Gary W ^a   Batiuk, Richard A ^a   Grimm, Jeffrey ^c   Wang, Ping ^d  

^a US Environmental Protection Agency/CBPO   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Grimm Environmental Consulting   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Chesapeake Bay; Community Multiscale Air Quality Model; Nitrogen; Simulation; Total maximum daily load (TMDL); Water policy; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; CHESAPEAKE BAY; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; SIMULATION; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; WATER POLICIES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NITROGEN;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; COASTAL WATER; CRITICAL LOAD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; TIDAL CYCLE; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC SECTOR; CHESAPEAKE BAY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884982731     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12112     Document Type: Article

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