Modeling a small, northeastern watershed with detailed, field-level data

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 471-483

  Veith, Tamie L ^a   Sharpley, Andrew N ^b   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Data uncertainty; Model accuracy; Statistical analysis; SWAT; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DATA UNCERTAINTY; LOAMY SOILS; MODEL ACCURACY;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRAGIPAN; LAND MANAGEMENT; MODELING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449163020     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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