The role of interior watershed processes in improving parameter estimation and performance of watershed models

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1601-1613

  Yen, Haw ^a   Bailey, Ryan T ^b   Arabi, Mazdak ^b   Ahmadi, Mehdi ^b,c   White, Michael J ^a   Arnold, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATERSHED MODELS; WATERSHED PROCESS;

ARTICLE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW; MASS; NO TILLAGE; NUTRIENT; STREAM (RIVER); SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84907044645     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.03.0110     Document Type: Article

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