Identifying critical source areas of nonpoint source pollution with SWAT and GWLF

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 268, Issue , 2013, Pages 123-133

  Niraula, Rewati ^a   Kalin, Latif ^b   Srivastava, Puneet ^c   Anderson, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical source area; GWLF; Nonpoint source pollution; SWAT; Water quality modelling

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; GWLF; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SWAT; WATER QUALITY MODELLING;

LAND USE; LOADING; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; HAY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; STREAMFLOW; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ALABAMA; SAUGAHATCHEE CREEK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884171755     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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