Impact of uncertain knowledge of model parameters on estimated runoff and phosphorus loads in the lake Okeechobee basin

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 511-516

  Haan, C T ^a,b   Zhang, J ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c S Florida Water Management District   (United States)

Author keywords

First order analysis; Hydrologic model; Simulation; Uncertainty; Water quality model

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF MODELLING;

BASIN WATER QUALITY; CREAMS-WT MODEL; PHOSPHORUS LOAD; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY MODEL;

USA, FLORIDA, LAKE OKEECHOBEE;

EID: 0030497422     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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