Articles | Volume 22, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-689-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-689-2018
Research article
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25 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 25 Jan 2018

Comparative analyses of hydrological responses of two adjacent watersheds to climate variability and change using the SWAT model

Sangchul Lee, In-Young Yeo, Ali M. Sadeghi, Gregory W. McCarty, Wells D. Hively, Megan W. Lang, and Amir Sharifi

Data sets

Climate, crop rotation, and stream flow data used to run the SWAT model in the Tuckahoe and Greensboro subwatersheds of the Choptank River watersheds S. Lee, A. M. Sadeghi, I.-Y. Yeo, W. M. McCarty, and W. D. Hively https://doi.org/10.5066/F7DB80RP

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Short summary
Climate change is expected to worsen water quality in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. To efficiently mitigate climate change impacts, it is important to understand changes in hydrology and nutrient cycles under climate change. This study examined key factors vulnerable to climate change considering local characteristics. Croplands were a decisive factor in degrading water quality for this region. Thus, mitigation activities should be prepared for croplands to reduce water quality degradation.