Modeling hydrology, groundwater recharge and non-point nitrate loadings in the Himalayan Upper Yamuna basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Narula, Kapil K ^a   Gosain, A K ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Climate change; Hydrology; MODFLOW; MT3DMS; Nitrate; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; MODFLOW; MT3DMS; MULTI-SPECIES TRANSPORTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; SWAT; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; RECHARGE; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC NAMES; HIMALAYA; HYDROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; YAMUNA BASIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; MODFLOW; MT3DMS; NITRATE; SWAT;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84891740338     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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