Effect of watershed subdivision on swat flow, sediment, and nutrient predictions

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 811-825

  Jha, Manoj ^a   Gassman, Philip W ^b   Secchi, Silvia ^b   Gu, Roy ^a   Arnold, Jeff ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Modeling; Nutrients; Sediment; Sensitivity analysis; Watershed subdivision

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NITRATES; NUTRITION; SEDIMENTS; SOILS;

ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; NUTRIENTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT); THRESHOLD LEVELS;

WATERSHEDS;

HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

EID: 4544377528     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb04460.x     Document Type: Article

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