Water quality modeling of two agricultural fields in southern Quebec using SWAT

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1973-1980

  Gollamudi, Apurva ^a   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^b   Enright, Peter ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Model validation; Nitrate; Nonpoint source; Phosphorus; Sediment; SWAT; Tile drainage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; MODEL VALIDATION; NONPOINT SOURCE; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; TILE DRAINAGE;

AGRICULTURE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TILE DRAIN; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PIKE RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 38549167496     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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