Hydrological and water quality assessment in a suburban watershed with mixed land uses using the SWAT model

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 816-827

  Qiu, Zeyuan ^a   Wang, Lizhong ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Streamflow; Suburban watershed hydrology; SWAT; Total nitrogen; Total phosphorus; Total suspended solids

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LAND USE; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SWAT; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATERSHED HYDROLOGY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIVER POLLUTION; STREAMFLOW; SUBURBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NESHANIC BASIN; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896272916     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000858     Document Type: Article

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