Regional and local scale modeling of stream temperatures and spatio-temporal variation in thermal sensitivities

Environmental Management

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 14-22

  Hilderbrand, Robert H ^a   Kashiwagi, Michael T ^b   Prochaska, Anthony P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Stream temperature; Thermal sensitivity; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AIR; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FORESTRY; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; PRECIPITATION PATTERNS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; STREAM TEMPERATURE MODELS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BASIN MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL PLAIN; DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL PLAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; PRECIPITATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAM TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; THERMAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

AIR; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHY; MARYLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 84902550055     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-014-0272-4     Document Type: Article

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