Integrating APEX output for cultivated cropland with SWAT simulation for regional modeling

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1281-1298

  Wang, X ^a   Kannan, N ^a   Santhi, C ^a   Potter, S R ^b   Williams, J R ^a   Arnold, J G ^c  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX; Conservation practice; Mississippi River basin; Sediment delivery ratio; SWAT; Water yield

Indexed keywords

APEX; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SWAT; WATER YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LANDFORMS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POSITION CONTROL; RATING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL WATER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER YIELD; WATERSHED;

ILLINOIS; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052432579     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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