Simulation of conservation practices using the apex model

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 779-794

  Tuppad, P ^a   Santhi, C ^a   Wang, X ^a   Williams, J R ^a   Srinivasan, R ^a   Gowda, P H ^b  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX; Best Management Practices (BMPs); Nutrient; Sediment; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; APEX; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CENTRAL TEXAS; CLEAN WATER ACT; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; CRITICAL AREA; FIELD LEVEL; GRADE STABILIZATION; GRASSED WATERWAYS; MODELING STUDIES; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHED MODELING;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL CONSERVATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

EID: 78149388270     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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