Predicting sediment yield and transport dynamics of a cold climate region watershed in changing climate

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 625; pp. 1030 - 1045
• Main Authors: Shrestha, Narayan Kumar, Wang, Junye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.06.2018
• Subjects: agricultural land; Alberta; Athabasca River basin; basins; Climate change; climate models; climatic factors; Cold climate regions; cold zones; hills; land use; meteorological data; monitoring; pollution load; prediction; rivers; sediment transport; sediment yield; Sediment yield and transport; Soil and Water Assessment Tool model; soil formation; stream flow; Swat; topographic slope; uncertainty; watersheds; Alberta; Swat; Climate change; Cold climate regions; Sediment yield and transport; Athabasca River basin

The effects of climate change on sediment yield and transport dynamics in cold climate regions are not well understood or reported. In this study, the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) has been built-up, calibrated, and validated against streamflow and sediment load at several monitoring station...