| Title: | Assessment of impacts of climate change on water quality in the Southeastern United States |
| Authors: | Cruise, J.F., A.S. Limaye and N. Al-Abed |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Journal: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| Volume (Issue): | 35(6) |
| Pages: | 1539-1550 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04236.x |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic only |
| Primary Application Category: | climate change |
| Secondary Application Category: | hydrologic assessment |
| Watershed Description: | Roughly 40 8-digit watersheds, located in at least 12 states in the southeast region of the U.S. |
| Calibration Summary: | 1974-93 grapical comparisons between simulated and measured flows shown for the S.F. New River near Jefferson, North Carolina |
| Validation Summary: | |
| General Comments: | An assessment of current and future water quality impacts was performed with SWAT and the USEPA BASINS database. Future climate was based on GCM (HadCM2) climate projections for 2020-2031 and 2080-2099, relative to the period of 1974-93 which represented current conditions. Quasi water quality implications are discussed for selected 8-digit watersheds in the southeast U.S.; no actual SWAT environmental impacts are presented. Some graphical comparisons between the current and future climates are also shown for selected regions. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | climate change; regional assessment; water quality; modeling |