A design aid for sizing filter strips using buffer area ratio

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-39

  Dosskey, M G ^a   Helmers, M J ^b   Eisenhauer, D E ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Models; Nonpoint source pollution; Precision conservation; Surface runoff; Variable width buffers; Vegetative buffers; Water quality; Watershed planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; DESIGN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTER; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SLOPE; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 79952030044     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.1.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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