Assessment of hydrology, sediment and particulate organic carbon yield in a large agricultural catchment using the SWAT model

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 401, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 145-153

  Oeurng, Chantha ^a   Sauvage, Sabine ^a,b   Sánchez Pérez, José Miguel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Particulate organic carbon; Save catchment; Sediment yield; SWAT 2005

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; ANNUAL MEAN; CATCHMENT HYDROLOGY; CATCHMENT SCALE; CROP ROTATION; DAILY DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FERTILISERS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PARTICULATE CARBON; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PLANTING DATE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SAVE CATCHMENT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SWAT 2005; SWAT MODEL; TIME STEP; WATER YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RATING; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CORRELATION; CROP ROTATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RECHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; WATER YIELD;

FRANCE;

EID: 79953783362     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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