Modeling water and sediment trapping by vegetated filters using vfsmod: comparing methods for estimating infiltration parameters

2005 ASAE Annual International Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fox, Amanda L ^a   Eisenhauer, Dean E ^a   Dosskey, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation buffers; Green ampt; Infiltration; Macropores; Pedotransfer functions; Sediment trapping; Vegetated filter strips; Vfsmod

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION BUFFERS; GREEN-AMPT; MACROPORES; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS; VFSMOD;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLAY MINERALS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

EID: 70349111881     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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