Automated storm water sampling on small watersheds

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 667-674

  Harmel, R Daren ^a   King, Kevin W ^b   Slade, Raymond M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated sampling; Nonpoint source pollution; Storm water sampling; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; AUTOMATION; COASTAL ZONES; LAKES; QUALITY CONTROL; RAIN; RIVERS; SAMPLING; STORMS; URBAN PLANNING; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

AUTOMATED SAMPLING; AUTOMATED STORM WATER SAMPLING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STORM WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 1642519981     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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