Roles of climate and agricultural practices in discharge changes in an agricultural watershed in Iowa

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 188, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-211

  Villarini, Gabriele ^a   Strong, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural practice; Climate; Discharge; Extremes; Iowa; Statistical modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISCHARGE; LAND USE CHANGE; RIVER FLOW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

IOWA; RACCOON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897855427     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.02.036     Document Type: Article

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