Watershed scale modeling of critical source areas of runoff generation and phosphorus transport

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 361-377

  Srinivasan, M S ^a   Gérard Marchant, Pierre ^b   Veith, Tamie L ^a   Gburek, William J ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphorus transport; Precipitation; Runoff; Saturation maps; SMDR; SWAT; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROUTERS; WATERSHEDS;

CURVE NUMBER; PHYSICALLY BASED MODEL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT); SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION AND ROUTING (SMDR);

RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION; RUNOFF; WATER SHEDS;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18444368161     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03741.x     Document Type: Article

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