USDA-ARS Riesel Watersheds, Riesel, Texas, USA: Water quality research database

Water Resources Research

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 8374-8382

  Harmel, R Daren ^a   Haney, Richard L ^a   Smith, Douglas R ^a   White, Michael ^a   King, Kevin W ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

nonpoint source; water quality

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LAND USE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; STORMS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; DATA ACCESSIBILITY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NON-POINT SOURCE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; WATER QUALITY DATA;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BASEFLOW; DATABASE; DISCHARGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84911128711     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013WR015191     Document Type: Article

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