Watershed-scale hydrologic and nonpoint-source pollution models: Review of applications

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 789-803

  Borah, D K ^a,b   Bera, M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrochemical; Continuous modeling; Hydrology; Model applications; Nonpoint source pollution; Sediment; Storm event modeling; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STORMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FLOW HYDROGRAPHS; FLOW VOLUMES; NUTRIENT LOADS;

HYDROLOGY;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 4243192305     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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