Soil and Water Assessment Tool evaluation of soil and land use geographic information system data sets on simulated stream flow

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Heathman, Gary C ^a   Larose, Myriam ^b   Ascough II, James C ^c  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP); Geographic information system (GIS); Hydrologic modeling; Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT); Stream flow

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLOW MODELING; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; MODEL TEST; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

CEDAR CREEK [INDIANA]; INDIANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949837241     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.64.1.17     Document Type: Article

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