Impact of subsurface drainage on streamflows in the Red River of the North basin

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 511, Issue , 2014, Pages 474-483

  Rahman, Mohammed M ^a,c   Lin, Zhulu ^a   Jia, Xinhua ^a   Steele, Dean D ^a   DeSutter, Thomas M ^b  

^a North Dakota State University   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Red River of the North; Streamflow response analysis; Subsurface drainage; SWAT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894374970     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.070     Document Type: Article

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