Choosing an appropriate water quality model—A review

CMSB Costa, IR Leite, AK Almeida… - Environmental Monitoring …, 2021 - Springer
Water quality models are quite complex to use even for scientists, requiring knowledge in
different areas such as biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering. Hence, the use of …

Improved USLE-K factor prediction: A case study on water erosion areas in China

B Wang, F Zheng, Y Guan - International Soil and Water Conservation …, 2016 - Elsevier
Soil erodibility (K-factor) is an essential factor in soil erosion prediction and conservation
practises. The major obstacles to any accurate, large-scale soil erodibility estimation are the …

Landscape dynamics facilitated non-point source pollution control and regional water security of the Three Gorges Reservoir area, China

C Huang, D Zhao, X Fan, C Liu, G Zhao - … Impact Assessment Review, 2022 - Elsevier
Land use changes would significantly affect the hydrologic process at the regional scale,
bringing both positive and negative ecological impacts. Estimating landscape dynamics and …

Investigating the role of raindrop impact on hydrodynamic mechanism of soil erosion under simulated rainfall conditions

J An, F Zheng, J Lu, G Li - Soil Science, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Few studies have addressed the role of raindrop impact on hydrodynamic mechanism of soil
erosion. In this study, rainfall simulation experiments were conducted to evaluate the role of …

Effects of freeze-thaw on soil detachment capacity in the black soil region of Northeastern China

J Liu, K Zhang, W Shi, L Liu, C Lu - Soil and Tillage Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil detachment capacity (D c) is an important parameter used to determine erosion intensity
in physical-process-based erosion models. Freeze-thaw affects soil detachment processes …

A new soil-temperature module for SWAT application in regions with seasonal snow cover

J Qi, S Li, Q Li, Z Xing, CPA Bourque, FR Meng - Journal of Hydrology, 2016 - Elsevier
Accurate estimates of soil temperature are important for quantifying hydrological and
biological processes in hydrological models. Soil temperature predictions in the widely used …

The precipitation driven correlation based mapping method (PCM) for identifying the critical source areas of non-point source pollution

JJ Huang, X Lin, J Wang, H Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2015 - Elsevier
Critical source areas (CSAs) are the areas that are relatively more erosion-prone and
contribute significantly more pollutants per unit area. They have been widely recognized as …

Modelling potential impacts of climate change on water and nitrate export from a mid-sized, semiarid watershed in the US Southwest

L Ye, NB Grimm - Climatic change, 2013 - Springer
The impacts of climate change on water and nitrogen cycles in arid central Arizona (USA)
were investigated by integrating the Second Generation Coupled Global Climate Model …

Modelling sheet erosion on steep slopes in the loess region of China

B Wu, Z Wang, Q Zhang, N Shen, J Liu - Journal of Hydrology, 2017 - Elsevier
The relationship of sheet erosion rate (SE), slope gradient (S) and rainfall intensity (I), and
hydraulic parameters, such as flow velocity (V), shear stress (τ), stream power (Ω) and unit …

Modelling sediment transport capacity of rill flow for loess sediments on steep slopes

B Wu, Z Wang, N Shen, S Wang - Catena, 2016 - Elsevier
Sediment transport is an important aspect of soil erosion, and sediment transport capacity (T
c) is a key to establishing process-based erosion models. A lot of studies exist that have …