SWAT developments and recommendations for modelling agricultural pesticide mitigation measures in river basins

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1075-1089

  Gevaert, Veerle ^a   Van Griensven, Ann ^a,b   Holvoet, Katrijn ^a,c   Seuntjens, Piet ^c   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a,d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural management practices; Diffuse losses; Filter strips; Pesticides; Point losses; River water quality modelling; Surface runoff; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUACULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PESTICIDES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WAVE FILTERS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DIFFUSE LOSSES; FILTER STRIPS; POINT LOSSES; RIVER WATER QUALITY MODELLING; SURFACE RUNOFF; SWAT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MODELING; PESTICIDE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54349118007     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.53.5.1075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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