Fecal bacteria source characterization and sensitivity analysis of swat 2005

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1847-1858

  Parajuli, Prem B ^a   Douglas Mankin, Kyle R ^a   Barnes, Philip L ^b   Rossi, Colleen Green ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kansas State University   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform bacteria; Sensitivity analysis; Water quality; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AVIAN WILDLIFE; BACTERIA DIE-OFF; BACTERIAL SOURCE; BASELINE VALUES; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; DEFAULT VALUES; EFFICIENCY INDEX; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; INDEPENDENT PARAMETERS; INPUT PARAMETER; LOAD CHARACTERIZATION; LOW SENSITIVITY; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL SENSITIVITY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SMALL MAMMALS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOLUTION PHASE; SOURCE CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT MODEL; TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT; VALIDATION RESULTS; WATERSHED MODELING; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; DIES; FLIP CHIP DEVICES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; MANURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

FECAL COLIFORM; FLOW MODELING; LIVESTOCK; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL PROFILE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 76249120354     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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