Historical development and applications of the EPIC and APEX models

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 2033-2064

  Gassman, Philip W ^a   Williams, Jimmy R ^b   Benson, Verel W ^c   Izaurralde, R Cesar ^d   Hauck, Larry M ^e   Jones, C Allan ^f   Atwood, Jay D ^g   Kiniry, James R ^h   Flowers, Joan D ⁱ  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Blacklands Res and Ext Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g USDA NRCS   (United States)

^h AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX; Carbon sequestration; Climate change; EPIC; Modeling; Soil erosion; Water quality

Indexed keywords

APEX; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EPIC; MODELING; SOIL EROSION;

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

EROSION;

EID: 30144445881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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