Development of a simplistic vegetative filter strip model for sediment and nutrient retention at the field scale

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1602-1616

  White, Michael J ^a   Arnold, Jeff G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation measures; Modelling; Nutrients; Sediment; SWAT; Vegetative filter strip

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED FLOW; CONSERVATION MEASURES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FIELD SCALE; FLOW CONCENTRATION; FLOW DENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE SECTION; MODELLING; MULTIPATH FLOWS; NUTRIENT RETENTION; RETENTION MODELS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SUBMODEL; SWAT; TWO SECTION; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIP; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS; WATERSHED SCALE;

NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FIELD METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 65949116597     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7291     Document Type: Article

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