GIS-based integration of SWAT and REMM for estimating water quality benefits of riparian buffers in agricultural watersheds

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1549-1563

  Liu, Yongbo ^a   Yang, Wanhong ^a   Wang, Xixi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural watershed; Model integration; Modeling scale; REMM; Riparian buffer; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE UNIT (HRU); MODELING SCALES; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL;

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

SOILS;

BUFFER ZONE; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36248963240     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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