Use of the SWAT model to quantify water quality effects of agricultural BMPs at the farm-scale level

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1925-1936

  Gitau, Margaret W ^a   Gburek, William J ^b   Bishop, Patricia L ^b  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

BMP effectiveness; BMPs; Phosphorus; SWAT

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BMP EFFECTIVENESS; BMPS; FIELD LEVELS; MODEL RESULTS; MODEL SIMULATIONS; NEW YORK CITY WATERSHEDS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLANS; OBSERVED DATUMS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT; SWAT MODELS; WATERSHED LEVELS;

DISSOLUTION; FARMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT; RESERVOIRS (WATER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MODELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149241176     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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