ARCAPEX: Arcgis interface for agricultural policy environmental extender (APEX) Hydrology/water quality model

International Agricultural Engineering Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 59-71

  Tuppad, P ^a   Winchell, M F ^b   Wang, X ^a   Srinivasan, R ^c   Williams, J R ^a  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b Stone Environmental Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practice; Geographical information system; Hydrologic modeling; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; BASIN SCALE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CENTRAL TEXAS; CROP MANAGEMENTS; DRAINAGE AREA; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HYDROLOGIC MODELING; INPUT PARAMETER; KEY FEATURE; MODEL PARAMETERS; PLANT GROWTH; QUALITY MODELS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPATIAL DATASETS; SWAT MODEL; WATERSHED DELINEATION; WATERSHED SIMULATION; WEATHER DATA;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SOILS; USER INTERFACES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

EID: 73449100130     PISSN: 08582114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (30)

1. Arabi, M., J. R. Frankenberger, B. A. Engel, and J. G. Arnold. 2008. Representation of agricultural conservation practices with SWAT. Hydrol. Process. 22(16): 3042-3055.
2. Arnold, J. G., R. Srinivasan, R. S. Muttiah, and J. R. Williams. 1998. Large area hydrologic modeling and assessment part I: model development. J. Amer. Water Resour. Assoc. 34(1): 73-89. (Pubitemid 28190080)
3. Di Luzio, M., R. Srinivasan, and J. G. Arnold. 2004. A GIS-Coupled Hydrological Model System for the Water Assessment of Agricultural Nonpoint and Point Sources of Pollution. Trans. GIS 8(1): 113-136.
4. Gassman P. W., M. Reyes, C. H. Green, and J. G. Arnold. 2007. The Soil and Water Assessment Tool: Historical development, applications, and future directions. Trans. AS ABE 50(4): 1211- 1250.
5. Gassman, P. W., J. R. Williams, V. W. Benson, R. C. Izaurralde, L. Hauck, C. A. Jones, J. D. Atwood, J. Kiniry, and J. D. Flowers. 2005. Historical development and applications of the EPIC and APEX models. Working Paper 05-WP 397. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA. Available at: http://www.card.iastate.edu/publications/synopsis.aspx?id=763.
6. Gassman, P. W., J. R. Williams, X. Wang, A. Saleh, E. Osei, L. Hauck, C. Izaurralde, and J. Flowers. 2009. The Agricultural Policy Environmental Extender (APEX) Model: An emerging tool for landscape and watershed environmental analyses. Technical Report 09-TR 49. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Available at: http://www.card.iastate.edu/
7. Jenson S. K., and J. O. Domingue. 1988. Extracting Topographic Structure from Digital Elevation Data for Geographic Information System Analysis. Photogramm. Eng. Rem. Sens. 54(11): 1593-1600.
8. Johnson, M-V. V., J. D. MacDonald, J. R. Kiniry, and J. G. Arnold. 2009. ALMANAC: a potential tool for simulating agroforestry yields and improving SWAT simulations of agroforestry watersheds. Inter. Agric. Eng. J. (This issue).
9. Kiniry, J. R., J. R. Williams, P. W. Gassman, and P. Debaeke. 1992. A general, process-oriented model for two competing plant species. Trans. ASAE35(3): 801-810.
10. Magre, M. J.R. Williams, W.L. Harman, T. Gerik, J. Greiner, L. Francis, E. Steglich, and A. Meinardus. 2006. WinAPEX Users Guide Version 1.0. Temple, Texas: Blackland Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M System. Available at http://winapex.brc.tamus.edu/media/17085/winapexv0604-nov2006.pdf.
11. Nash, J. E., and J. V. Sutcliffe. 1970. River flow forecasting through conceptual models: Part I. A discussion of principles. J. Hydrol. 10(3): 282- 290.
12. Olivera, F., M. Valenzuela, R. Srinivasan, J., Choi, H. Chou, S. Koka, and A. Agrawal. 2006. ArcGIS-SWAT: A Geodata Model and GIS Interface for SWAT. J. Amer. Water Resour. Assoc. 42(2): 295-309.
13. Reyes, M. R. 2008. Progress report: Agroforestry and sustainable vegetable production in Southeast Asian watersheds. ASABE Paper 085105. Presented at the 2008 ASABE Annual International Meeting, 29 June to 2 July, Providence, RI.
14. Saleh, A., and O. Gallego. 2007. Application of SWAT and APEX using the SWAPP (SWAT- APEX) program for the Upper North Bosque River watershed in Texas. Trans. ASABE 50(4): 1177-1187.
15. Schwab, G. O., D. D. Fangmeier, and W. J. Elliot. 1995. Soil and water management systems. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons. Pp: 108-111.
16. Srinivasan, R., and J. G. Arnold, 1994. Integration of a Basin-Scale Water Quality Model with GIS. J. Amer. Water Resour. Assoc. 30(3): 453-462.
17. Taylor, E. D. and K.J. Bryant. 1994. A universal text integration language (UTIL): making data intensive computer models easier to use. Appl. Eng. Agric. 10(4): 553-559.
18. USDA-NRCS. 1994. State Soil Geographic (STATSGO) Database: Data Use information. Miscellaneous publication 1492. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/techtools/statsgo-db.pdf.
19. USDA-NRCS. 1995. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database: Data Use information. Miscellaneous publication 1527. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
20. USDA-NRCS. 2006. U.S. General Soil Map STATSG02. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available at: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/geography/statsgo/.
21. USDA-NRCS. 2007. National Handbook of Conservation Practices. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available at: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/standards/nhcp.html.
22. USDA-NRCS. 2008. Land use and land cover data for Tonk Creek watershed, Texas. Temple, TX: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. September 2008.
23. USDA-NRCS. 2009a. Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Available at: http://soils.usda.gov/survey/geography/ssurgo/.
24. USDA. 2009b. United States Department of Agriculture-National Agriculture Imagery Program. Washington, D.C.: U. S. Department of Agriculture. Available at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=hom e&subject=prog&topic= nai.
25. Wang, X., D. W. Hoffman, J. E. Wolfe, J. R. Williams, W.E. Fox. 2009. Modeling the effectiveness of conservation practices at Shoal Creek watershed, TX, using APEX. Trans. ASABE 52(4): 1181-1192.
26. Williams, J. R. 1990. The erosion productivity impact calculator (EPIC) model: a case history. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 329: 421-428.
27. Williams, J. R., R. C. Izaurralde, and E. M. Steglich. 2008a. Agricultural Policy/Environmental Extender Model User's Manual Version 0604. BREC Report #2008-16. Blackland Research and Extension Center. 222 p. Available at: http://epicapex.brc.tamus.edu/downloads/user-manuals.aspx. Accessed 25 September 2009.
28. Williams, J. R., R. C. Izaurralde, and E. M. Steglich. 2008b. Agricultural Policy/Environmental Extender Model Theoretical Documentation. BREC Report #2008- 17. Blackland Research and Extension Center. 130 p. Available at http://epicapex.brc.tamus.edu/downloads/user-manuals.aspx. Accessed 25 September 2009.
29. Williams, J. R., E. Wang, A. Meinardus, W. L. Harman. 2004. APEX2110 Users Guide. Temple, Texas: Blackland Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M University.
30. Winchell, M., R. Srinivasan, M. Di Luzio, and J. G. Arnold. 2008. Arc-SWAT 2.1 Interface for SWAT2005 - User's guide. Temple, TX: Blackland Research Center, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and Grassland, Soil and Water Research Laboratory, USDA Agricultural Research Service.