WEPP simulations of dryland cropping systems in small drainages of northeastern Oregon

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-33

  Williams, J D ^a   Dun, S ^b   Robertson, D S ^a   Wu, J Q ^b   Brooks, E S ^c   Flanagan, D C ^a   McCool, D K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Crop growth; No tillage; Runoff; Soil loss; Water erosion prediction project (WEPP)

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DATA SET; DRAINAGE; DRYLAND FARMING; ERODIBILITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWTH RATE; HEADWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL EROSION; SOIL WATER; WATER EROSION; WATER QUALITY;

COLUMBIA PLATEAU; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949607778     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.65.1.22     Document Type: Article

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