A spatially distributed model for the assessment of land use impacts on stream temperature in small urban watersheds

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2331-2345

  Sun, Ning ^a   Yearsley, John ^a   Voisin, Nathalie ^b   Lettenmaier, Dennis P ^a,c,d  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use change; Riparian shading; Stream temperature prediction; Urban hydrology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

LAND-USE CHANGE; RIPARIAN SHADING; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED MODELING; STREAM TEMPERATURE MODELS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; URBAN HYDROLOGY;

RIVERS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAMWATER; URBAN AREA; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

BELLEVUE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84928138899     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10363     Document Type: Article

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