Using hydrologic equivalent wetland concept within SWAT to estimate streamflow in watersheds with numerous wetlands

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-72

  Wang, Xixi ^a   Yang, W ^b   Melesse, A M ^c  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel fens; Flat bogs; HEW; Hydrologic function; Modeling; Wetland

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FENS; FLAT BOGS; HYDROLOGIC FUNCTIONS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CATCHMENTS; CHANNEL FLOW; STREAM FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

WETLANDS;

CHANNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; OTTER TAIL RIVER; UNITED STATES;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 41749100609     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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