The response of runoff and sediment loading in the Apalachicola River, Florida to climate and land use land cover change

Earth's Future

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 124-142

  Hovenga, Paige A ^a   Wang, Dingbao ^a   Medeiros, Stephen C ^a   Hagen, Scott C ^b   Alizad, Karim ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apalachicola, Florida; climate change; land use land cover change; runoff; sediment load; SWAT model

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUTURE PROSPECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RESEARCH WORK; RUNOFF; URBAN AREA; WEATHER STATION;

APALACHICOLA RIVER; ENGLAND; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LONG ASHTON; NORTH SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006186504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23284277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015EF000348     Document Type: Article

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