Analysis of the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) to model Cryptosporidium in surface water sources

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-314

  Coffey, Rory ^a   Cummins, Enda ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^b   Cormican, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FERTILIZERS; FORECASTING; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENT MODELING; CATCHMENT MODELLING; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; LIMITED INFORMATION; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MANURE APPLICATIONS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SURFACE WATER SOURCES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 77954953518     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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