Simulation of a low-gradient coastal plain watershed using the SWAT landscape model

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1445-1456

  Bosch, D D ^a   Arnold, J G ^a   Volk, M ^b   Allen, P M ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Natural resource modeling; Surface hydrology; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

BASIN HYDROLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; ENHANCED INFILTRATION; EXTREME EVENTS; FIELD DATA; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GENERAL TRENDS; GEORGIA; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE UNITS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; LANDSCAPE MODEL; LANDSCAPE POSITIONS; LATERAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; MODEL RESULTS; OBSERVED DATA; RESOURCE MODELING; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SIMULATING FLOWS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; SUMMER MONTHS; SURFACE HYDROLOGY; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT MODEL; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATERSHED MODELING; WINTER MONTHS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ZONES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NATURAL RESOURCES; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; WATERSHEDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

CALIBRATION; COASTAL PLAIN; FLOODPLAIN; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INFILTRATION; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; GEORGIA; TIFTON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149405709     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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