Calibration and validation of SWAT for the upper maquoketa river watershed

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-48

  Reungsang, P ^a   Kanwar, R S ^a   Jha, M ^b   Gassman, P W ^b   Ahmad, K ^a   Saleh, A ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Modeling; Nitrate; SWAT; Validation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RIVERS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AVERAGE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; SWAT; SWAT VALIDATION; VALIDATION;

WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548554578     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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