Comparing the export coefficient approach with the soil and water assessment tool to predict phosphorous pollution: The Kan watershed case study

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Delkash, Madjid ^a   Al Faraj, Furat A M ^b   Scholz, Miklas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Error minimization; Nutrient control; River discharge; Sediment transport; Water quality modeling; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FORECASTING; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ERROR MINIMIZATION; RIVER DISCHARGE; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; WATER QUALITY MODELING; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION; WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

RIVERS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

ERROR ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTROPHICATION; FLUID BALANCE; HYDROLOGY; IRAN; LAND USE; LOW TEMPERATURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; REACTION TIME; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER CYCLE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

IRAN; TEHRAN [IRAN];

EID: 84919629765     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-2122-7     Document Type: Article

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