Hydrology evaluation of the soil and water assessment tool considering measurement uncertainty for a small watershed in Southern Brazil

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 189-200

  Bonuma N B ^a   Rossi, C G ^b,e   Arnold, J G ^c   Reichert, J M ^d   Paiva, E M C D ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b National Operations Center   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural watersheds; Hydrological processes; SWAT model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CALIBRATION AND VALIDATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; SHUFFLED COMPLEX EVOLUTION; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SWAT MODEL;

CALIBRATION; CULTIVATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881318992     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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