EPIC and APEX: Model use, calibration, and validation

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1447-1462

  Wang, X ^a   Williams, J R ^a   Gassman, P W ^b   Baffaut, C ^c   Izaurralde, R C ^d   Jeong, J ^a   Kiniry, J R ^c  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Joint Global Change Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

APEX; EPIC; Hydrologic balance; Landscape; Water quality; Watershed; Whole farm

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; AGRICULTURAL WATER; APEX; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EPIC; EPIC MODEL; FIELD SCALE; HYDROLOGIC BALANCE; KEY MODELS; LANDSCAPE; LOGICAL SEQUENCES; MISSOURIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOIL EROSION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; LANDFORMS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FARM; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERSHED;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867354999     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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