Effects of STATSGO and SSURGO as inputs on SWAT model's snowmelt simulation

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1217-1236

  Wang, Xixi ^a   Melesse, Assefa M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrologic models; Low relief watershed; Resolution; Snowmelt hydrology; Soil database; SWAT

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; SOILS;

HYDROLOGIC MODELS; LOW RELIEF WATERSHED; SNOWMELT HYDROLOGY; SOIL DATABASE;

HYDROLOGY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SNOW; SOILS;

DATA SET; SIMULATION; SNOWMELT; WATERSHED;

ELM RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ULMUS;

EID: 33845292579     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2006.tb05296.x     Document Type: Article

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