Development of an integrated modeling approach for identifying multilevel non-point-source priority management areas at the watershed scale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 4095-4109

  Chen, Lei ^a   Zhong, Yucen ^a   Wei, Guoyuan ^a   Cai, Yanpeng ^a   Shen, Zhenyao ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

best management practices; multilevel; non point source pollution; priority management area; randomness; watershed management

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MANAGEMENT AREAS; MULTILEVEL; NON-POINT-SOURCE POLLUTION; RANDOMNESS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MARKOV CHAIN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITIZATION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84900970242     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015041     Document Type: Article

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