A design procedure for vegetative filter strips using VFSMOD-W

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1933-1941

  Munoz Carpena R ^a   Parsons, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer program; Hydrology design; Modeling; Sediment; TMDL; Vegetative filter strips; VFSMOD; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; HYDROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

FILTER LENGTH; SEDIGRAPHS; SLOPES; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS (VFS);

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

DESIGN; EROSION CONTROL; FILTER; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; HYDROGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SOIL;

EID: 14844302758     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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