Unit source area data: Can it make a difference in calibrating the hydrologic response for watershed-scale modeling?

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-170

  Van Liew, Michael W ^a   Green, Colleen H ^b   Starks, Patrick J ^c  

^a Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Hydrology; Modeling; Simulation; SWAT

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRASS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODEL TEST; RUNOFF; VEGETATION COVER; WATERSHED; WHEAT;

LITTLE WASHITA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

CYNODON DACTYLON; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36049043772     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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