Simulation of base-flow and tile-flow for storm events in a subsurface drained watershed

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-235

  Goswami, Debashish ^a   Kalita, Prasanta K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; FLOW RATE; GROUNDWATER; NUTRIENTS; STORMS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; CHANNEL SECTIONS; CONDUCTANCE VALUES; MASS BALANCE; MODEL CALIBRATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT LOADS; STEADY STATE;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

EID: 59149085841     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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